MP vs. LAC, HBM, GSM, CLF, CRS, SID, FUL, AVNT, LTHM, and AMR
Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Lithium Americas (LAC), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Avient (AVNT), Livent (LTHM), and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Lithium Americas received 109 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.
MP Materials currently has a consensus target price of $34.14, suggesting a potential upside of 78.76%. Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of $34.78, suggesting a potential upside of 104.45%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than MP Materials.
MP Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MP Materials has a net margin of 46.38% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of 0.00%. MP Materials' return on equity of 14.63% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
MP Materials has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.4% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 9 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lithium Americas and 7 mentions for MP Materials. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Lithium Americas' score of -0.15 indicating that MP Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MP Materials beats Lithium Americas on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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