LAAC vs. ERO, LEU, TMC, SGML, NEXA, MTAL, LAC, LAR, ASM, and EU
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Ero Copper (ERO), Centrus Energy (LEU), TMC the metals (TMC), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Argentina (LAR), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs.
Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.67% compared to Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 11.30% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 9 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ero Copper and 2 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ero Copper's score of 1.18 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ero Copper. Ero Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas (Argentina), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper received 5 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas (Argentina) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
71.3% of Ero Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ero Copper presently has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 105.55%. Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a consensus price target of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 265.35%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Ero Copper.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Lithium Americas (Argentina) on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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