Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CXB or LAC?

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
Calibre Mining	C$404.24M	4.66	C$22.75M	C$0.05	58.53
Lithium Americas	C$39.65K	13,736.13	-C$20.27M	-C$0.19	-18.72

Is CXB or LAC 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
Calibre Mining	5.63%	3.75%	6.25%
Lithium Americas	-51,108.92%	-5.10%	-3.41%

Which has more risk and volatility, CXB or LAC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CXB or LAC?

Lithium Americas received 205 more outperform votes than Calibre Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.17% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 57.69% of users gave Calibre Mining an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calibre Mining	Outperform Votes 30 57.69%	Underperform Votes 22 42.31%
Lithium Americas	Outperform Votes 235 62.17%	Underperform Votes 143 37.83%

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

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

Do analysts rate CXB or LAC?

Calibre Mining currently has a consensus target price of C$3.63, suggesting a potential upside of 16.08%. Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of C$7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 109.50%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Calibre Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calibre Mining	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Lithium Americas	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer CXB or LAC?

In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 1 more articles in the media than Calibre Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Calibre Mining. Calibre Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Lithium Americas'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Calibre Mining	Neutral
Lithium Americas	Neutral

Summary

Calibre Mining beats Lithium Americas on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.