LAR vs. MTAL, SGML, NEXA, LAC, ASM, LAAC, EU, DC, LZM, and NMG
Should you be buying Lithium Argentina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Argentina include Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), enCore Energy (EU), Dakota Gold (DC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), and Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Argentina vs.
Metals Acquisition (NYSE:MTAL) and Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Metals Acquisition received 8 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Metals Acquisition an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lithium Argentina had 13 more articles in the media than Metals Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lithium Argentina and 3 mentions for Metals Acquisition. Metals Acquisition's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Lithium Argentina's score of -0.25 indicating that Metals Acquisition is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Metals Acquisition presently has a consensus target price of $12.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Lithium Argentina has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 79.06%. Given Lithium Argentina's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than Metals Acquisition.
Metals Acquisition has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lithium Argentina has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Metals Acquisition.
87.5% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Metals Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Metals Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Argentina's return on equity.
Summary
Metals Acquisition beats Lithium Argentina on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
