PVG vs. LAC, HBM, MP, GSM, NEXA, NGD, CLF, CALM, OR, and DSEY
Should you be buying Pretium Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pretium Resources include Lithium Americas (LAC), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Ferroglobe (GSM), Nexa Resources (NEXA), New Gold (NGD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), and Diversey (DSEY). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Pretium Resources vs.
Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) and Pretium Resources (NYSE:PVG) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Pretium Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Pretium Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lithium Americas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pretium Resources' net margin of -4.70%. Pretium Resources' return on equity of 15.28% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 3 more articles in the media than Pretium Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lithium Americas and 1 mentions for Pretium Resources. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Pretium Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pretium Resources received 369 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave Pretium Resources an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.
21.9% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Pretium Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pretium Resources has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lithium Americas presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.99%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Pretium Resources.
Summary
Lithium Americas and Pretium Resources tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PVG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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