Largo (LGO) Competitors

Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) and Largo (NYSE:LGO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LAR or LGO?

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Largo shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Largo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend LAR or LGO?

Lithium Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, indicating a potential upside of 60.89%. Largo has a consensus target price of $3.70, indicating a potential upside of 191.34%. Given Largo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Largo is more favorable than Lithium Argentina.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Argentina	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Largo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, LAR or LGO?

Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Largo has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LAR or LGO?

In the previous week, Largo had 2 more articles in the media than Lithium Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Largo and 1 mentions for Lithium Argentina. Lithium Argentina's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Largo's score of 0.67 indicating that Lithium Argentina is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lithium Argentina	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Largo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LAR or LGO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	N/A	$1.29B	-$0.07	-28.86
Largo	$110.97M	0.73	-$30.34M	-$0.72	-1.76

Is LAR or LGO more profitable?

Lithium Argentina has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Largo's net margin of -35.10%. Lithium Argentina's return on equity of -1.37% beat Largo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Argentina	N/A	-1.37%	-1.08%
Largo	-35.10%	-22.61%	-14.29%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAR or LGO?

Largo received 29 more outperform votes than Lithium Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Lithium Argentina an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Largo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lithium Argentina	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Largo	Outperform Votes 31 58.49%	Underperform Votes 22 41.51%

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats Largo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.