SLI vs. TROX, ECVT, WLKP, ASIX, OEC, ASPI, VHI, LXFR, ADUR, and ARQ
Should you be buying Standard Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Standard Lithium include Tronox (TROX), Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), AdvanSix (ASIX), Orion (OEC), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Valhi (VHI), Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), and ARQ (ARQ). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Standard Lithium vs.
Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Standard Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Tronox's net margin of -1.56%. Tronox's return on equity of -0.63% beat Standard Lithium's return on equity.
Tronox received 263 more outperform votes than Standard Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Standard Lithium an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote.
73.4% of Tronox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tronox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Standard Lithium pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 123.5%. Tronox pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Lithium pays out 339.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Tronox has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tronox presently has a consensus target price of $9.64, suggesting a potential upside of 94.02%. Standard Lithium has a consensus target price of $4.40, suggesting a potential upside of 171.60%. Given Standard Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Tronox.
Standard Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tronox. Tronox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tronox had 4 more articles in the media than Standard Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tronox and 2 mentions for Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Tronox's score of 1.26 indicating that Standard Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Standard Lithium beats Tronox on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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