LAAC vs. CRML, LAC, GSM, MTAL, TMC, DC, HBM, MP, ASTL, and UAN
Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (LAC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), TMC the metals (TMC), Dakota Gold (DC), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Critical Metals (NASDAQ:CRML) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Critical Metals has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Critical Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.7% of Critical Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity of 3.27% beat Critical Metals' return on equity.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 6 more outperform votes than Critical Metals when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas (Argentina) had 5 more articles in the media than Critical Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and 2 mentions for Critical Metals. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Critical Metals' score of 0.24 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 113.57%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Critical Metals.
Summary
Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Critical Metals on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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