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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAR) Competitors

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$2.91 -0.08 (-2.68%)
As of 07/23/2025 03:50 PM Eastern

LAR vs. IONR, TMCWW, BHP, VALE, CCJ, TECK, SQM, MP, KNF, and LEU

Should you be buying Lithium Americas (Argentina) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas (Argentina) include ioneer (IONR), TMC the metals (TMCWW), BHP Group (BHP), Vale (VALE), Cameco (CCJ), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) vs. Its Competitors

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

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/AN/A-$15.23M-$0.07-41.57
ioneerN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Lithium Americas (Argentina) currently has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than ioneer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
ioneer
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithium Americas (Argentina)N/A -2.63% -2.08%
ioneer N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Lithium Americas (Argentina) had 1 more articles in the media than ioneer. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and 0 mentions for ioneer. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat ioneer's score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas (Argentina) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas (Argentina) Very Positive
ioneer Neutral

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats ioneer on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LAR vs. The Competition

MetricLithium Americas (Argentina)MINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$6.42B$3.34B$20.89B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%5.15%3.62%
P/E Ratio-41.5728.05107.2127.93
Price / SalesN/A485.0928,760,257,957,374,600.0072.68
Price / CashN/A28.2223.9422.61
Price / Book0.538.226.104.70
Net Income-$15.23M$278.61M$147.72M$993.85M
7 Day Performance5.05%3.49%2.57%1.99%
1 Month Performance48.47%19.75%8.20%5.85%
1 Year PerformanceN/A44.41%30.15%13.36%

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAR
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
1.8391 of 5 stars
$2.91
-2.7%
$3.25
+11.7%
N/A$0.00N/A-41.57850High Trading Volume
IONR
ioneer
N/A$3.48
+8.1%
N/A-10.2%$0.00N/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
TMCWW
TMC the metals
N/A$2.05
+1.5%
N/A+1,413.5%$0.00N/A0.0030Positive News
Gap Up
BHP
BHP Group
1.6744 of 5 stars
$51.83
+0.3%
$53.00
+2.3%
+0.4%$131.07B$55.66B11.7890,000
VALE
Vale
4.3215 of 5 stars
$9.79
-0.2%
$11.79
+20.4%
-3.7%$44.53B$37.72B7.0964,610Analyst Forecast
CCJ
Cameco
3.2294 of 5 stars
$78.98
+1.4%
$80.65
+2.1%
+67.1%$33.92B$2.29B197.452,884Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9268 of 5 stars
$37.55
-1.3%
$60.75
+61.8%
-15.8%$18.38B$6.48B64.747,200Analyst Revision
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.0379 of 5 stars
$38.69
-0.7%
$41.14
+6.3%
+2.0%$11.13B$4.53B18.348,344
MP
MP Materials
1.6751 of 5 stars
$63.10
+4.7%
$37.56
-40.5%
+333.7%$9.85B$203.85M-97.08490Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.1617 of 5 stars
$80.61
+1.6%
$117.17
+45.4%
+2.8%$4.50B$2.90B25.434,761
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.3467 of 5 stars
$249.34
+6.6%
$175.00
-29.8%
+425.0%$4.25B$471.40M56.54280Positive News
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Gap Up

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