Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC) Competitors

Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) 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, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTAL or LAAC?

87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MTAL or LAAC?

In the previous week, Metals Acquisition had 2 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas (Argentina). MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Metals Acquisition and 1 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina). Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Metals Acquisition's score of 1.44 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Metals Acquisition	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, MTAL or LAAC?

Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MTAL or LAAC?

Metals Acquisition currently has a consensus target price of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 116.84%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metals Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTAL or LAAC?

Metals Acquisition and Lithium Americas (Argentina) both received 10 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Metals Acquisition	Outperform Votes 10 62.50%	Underperform Votes 6 37.50%
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	Outperform Votes 10 50.00%	Underperform Votes 10 50.00%

Is MTAL or LAAC more profitable?

Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metals Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	-1.37%	-1.08%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MTAL or LAAC?

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metals Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metals Acquisition	$340.74M	2.95	-$144.55M	N/A	N/A
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	N/A	$1.29B	$7.79	0.25

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Metals Acquisition on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.