LAR vs. ERO, TMC, LEU, SGML, MTAL, NEXA, LAC, LAAC, ASM, and EU
Should you be buying Lithium Argentina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Argentina include Ero Copper (ERO), TMC the metals (TMC), Centrus Energy (LEU), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Lithium Americas (LAC), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Argentina vs.
Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) and Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Ero Copper has a net margin of 3.67% compared to Lithium Argentina's net margin of 0.00%. Ero Copper's return on equity of 11.30% beat Lithium Argentina's return on equity.
Lithium Argentina has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ero Copper. Lithium Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ero Copper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ero Copper has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ero Copper received 14 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Ero Copper an outperform vote.
Lithium Argentina currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 70.73%. Ero Copper has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 109.58%. Given Ero Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ero Copper is more favorable than Lithium Argentina.
In the previous week, Ero Copper had 9 more articles in the media than Lithium Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ero Copper and 4 mentions for Lithium Argentina. Ero Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Lithium Argentina's score of -0.09 indicating that Ero Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Ero Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ero Copper beats Lithium Argentina on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LAR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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