IPI vs. PLL, ATLX, CMP, LEU, SLCA, DC, FSTR, RYAM, TG, and ODV
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Dakota Gold (DC), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Tredegar (TG), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 4 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 2 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Intrepid Potash's score of 0.10 indicating that Piedmont Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intrepid Potash received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.49% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Piedmont Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intrepid Potash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -12.78%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -0.43% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
Intrepid Potash presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.09%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus target price of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 475.01%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
Summary
Piedmont Lithium beats Intrepid Potash on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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