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$3.06 -0.24 (-7.12%)
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LAC vs. ALB, TTAM, AUGO, TMC, ERO, IPX, AESI, MTAL, ASM, and NEXA

Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Albemarle (ALB), Titan America (TTAM), Aura Minerals (AUGO), TMC the metals (TMC), Ero Copper (ERO), IperionX (IPX), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), MAC Copper (MTAL), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and Nexa Resources (NEXA).

Lithium Americas vs. Its Competitors

Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Lithium Americas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Albemarle. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albemarle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Albemarle$5.38B1.75-$1.18B-$9.32-8.60
Lithium AmericasN/AN/A-$42.53M-$0.23-13.33

Lithium Americas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Albemarle's net margin of -18.61%. Albemarle's return on equity of -1.87% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Albemarle-18.61% -1.87% -0.89%
Lithium Americas N/A -7.66%-4.74%

92.9% of Albemarle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Albemarle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Lithium Americas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Albemarle presently has a consensus target price of $85.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of $4.15, indicating a potential upside of 35.40%. Given Lithium Americas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Albemarle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Albemarle
4 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94
Lithium Americas
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Albemarle had 3 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Albemarle and 9 mentions for Lithium Americas. Albemarle's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Lithium Americas' score of 0.79 indicating that Albemarle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Albemarle
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Lithium Americas
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Albemarle has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Albemarle beats Lithium Americas on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAC vs. The Competition

MetricLithium AmericasMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$797.49M$6.79B$3.66B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%5.06%3.52%
P/E Ratio-13.3319.70163.5129.84
Price / SalesN/A668.5717,791.1160.74
Price / CashN/A95.2225.8924.72
Price / Book1.057.356.754.59
Net Income-$42.53M$279.19M$149.17M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-6.27%6.73%3.24%0.64%
1 Month Performance10.17%16.38%12.37%2.77%
1 Year Performance24.09%54.76%47.36%14.49%

Lithium Americas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAC
Lithium Americas
2.1382 of 5 stars
$3.07
-7.1%
$4.15
+35.4%
+32.4%$797.49MN/A-13.33749News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ALB
Albemarle
3.4293 of 5 stars
$80.97
+6.6%
$86.47
+6.8%
-9.7%$9.53B$5.38B-8.698,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TTAM
Titan America
1.0509 of 5 stars
$15.81
+0.6%
$17.07
+8.0%
N/A$2.91B$1.63B0.002,742Positive News
AUGO
Aura Minerals
1.9967 of 5 stars
$32.08
+0.6%
N/AN/A$2.65B$594.16M-39.121,394Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TMC
TMC the metals
2.1211 of 5 stars
$5.43
-1.6%
$7.33
+35.1%
+501.9%$2.21BN/A-14.6830
ERO
Ero Copper
3.6022 of 5 stars
$17.09
+1.1%
$19.00
+11.2%
-18.5%$1.77B$470.26M12.483,374
IPX
IperionX
0.9427 of 5 stars
$47.46
+6.5%
$46.00
-3.1%
+130.7%$1.58BN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.6185 of 5 stars
$10.81
+0.1%
$18.83
+74.2%
-50.1%$1.34B$1.06B77.221,143
MTAL
MAC Copper
1.7039 of 5 stars
$12.21
+0.2%
$12.63
+3.4%
-2.7%$1.01B$340.74M0.002,021Positive News
High Trading Volume
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
1.572 of 5 stars
$4.60
+5.3%
$3.10
-32.6%
+312.7%$694.89M$79.64M230.1234Analyst Downgrade
NEXA
Nexa Resources
2.554 of 5 stars
$5.13
+3.3%
$5.70
+11.2%
-25.7%$678.76M$2.77B-7.545,253High Trading Volume

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