LAC vs. SSRM, SLCA, RYI, PRM, GSM, MATV, MTUS, KOP, UAN, and LAAC
Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include SSR Mining (SSRM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ryerson (RYI), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Mativ (MATV), Metallus (MTUS), Koppers (KOP), CVR Partners (UAN), and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
SSR Mining (NASDAQ:SSRM) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 4 more articles in the media than SSR Mining. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lithium Americas and 23 mentions for SSR Mining. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat SSR Mining's score of 0.13 indicating that SSR Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lithium Americas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSR Mining.
68.3% of SSR Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSR Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SSR Mining received 227 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.45% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 53.00% of users gave SSR Mining an outperform vote.
Lithium Americas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of -6.87%. Lithium Americas' return on equity of 6.27% beat SSR Mining's return on equity.
SSR Mining currently has a consensus price target of $6.63, indicating a potential upside of 20.45%. Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of $12.18, indicating a potential upside of 171.52%. Given SSR Mining's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than SSR Mining.
Summary
Lithium Americas beats SSR Mining on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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