Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) and Calibre Mining (TSE:CXB) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LAC or CXB?

Calibre Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Calibre Mining, 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 Americas	C$39.65K	15,654.59	-C$20.27M	-C$0.19	-21.34
Calibre Mining	C$404.24M	4.59	C$22.75M	C$0.05	57.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas received 205 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lithium Americas	Outperform Votes 235 62.33%	Underperform Votes 142 37.67%
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 30 57.69%	Underperform Votes 22 42.31%

Do analysts prefer LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas currently has a consensus price target of C$7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 83.82%. Calibre Mining has a consensus price target of C$3.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Lithium Americas' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Americas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LAC or CXB?

26.5% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Calibre Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor LAC or CXB?

In the previous week, Calibre Mining had 5 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Calibre Mining and 4 mentions for Lithium Americas. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Lithium Americas' score of 0.79 indicating that Calibre Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lithium Americas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calibre Mining	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LAC or CXB more profitable?

Calibre Mining has a net margin of 5.63% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of -51,108.92%. Calibre Mining's return on equity of 3.75% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Americas	-51,108.92%	-5.10%	-3.41%
Calibre Mining	5.63%	3.75%	6.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, LAC or CXB?

Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calibre Mining has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Lithium Americas on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.