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Lithium Americas (LAC) Competitors

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C$3.96 +0.02 (+0.51%)
As of 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LAC vs. PVG, BCB, ERO, CXB, IE, NEXA, RUP, SUM, GGD, and MMX

Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Pretium Resources (PVG), Cott (BCB), Ero Copper (ERO), Calibre Mining (CXB), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), GoGold Resources (GGD), and Maverix Metals (MMX). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Lithium Americas vs. Its Competitors

Pretium Resources (TSE:PVG) and Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Pretium Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of -51,108.92%. Pretium Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pretium ResourcesN/A N/A N/A
Lithium Americas -51,108.92%-5.10%-3.41%

8.2% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are held by 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.

Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of C$7.50, indicating a potential upside of 89.39%. Given Lithium Americas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Pretium Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pretium Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Lithium Americas
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Lithium Americas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pretium Resources. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pretium Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pretium ResourcesC$611.14M0.00-C$46.98M-C$0.25N/A
Lithium AmericasN/AN/A-C$20.27M-C$0.25-15.84

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

Company Overall Sentiment
Pretium Resources Neutral
Lithium Americas Neutral

Summary

Lithium Americas beats Pretium Resources on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAC vs. The Competition

MetricLithium AmericasOther Industrial Metals & Mining IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$956.99MC$992.82MC$3.63BC$9.39B
Dividend YieldN/A6.12%5.06%6.51%
P/E Ratio-15.84125.96158.9625.78
Price / SalesN/A36,286.1816,238.129.40
Price / Cash10.9124.7025.6983.29
Price / Book1.238.516.815.54
Net Income-C$20.27MC$71.98MC$149.32MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.25%2.85%2.14%1.42%
1 Month Performance-2.94%13.54%9.99%7.75%
1 Year Performance22.22%67.31%44.76%36.81%

Lithium Americas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAC
Lithium Americas
0.8175 of 5 stars
C$3.96
+0.5%
C$7.50
+89.4%
+18.2%C$956.99MN/A-15.84749
PVG
Pretium Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.60BC$611.14M-76.60112
BCB
Cott
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.64BC$2.39B976.0010,900High Trading Volume
ERO
Ero Copper
2.46 of 5 stars
C$21.16
+2.0%
C$27.29
+29.0%
-16.6%C$2.19BC$535.97M15.332,460
CXB
Calibre Mining
N/AC$2.99
flat
C$3.67
+22.8%
N/AC$1.80BC$404.24M55.92N/A
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
2.0205 of 5 stars
C$12.35
-1.1%
C$18.00
+45.7%
+14.6%C$1.64BC$3.81M-19.30244High Trading Volume
NEXA
Nexa Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.34BC$2.58B6.465,349High Trading Volume
RUP
Rupert Resources
N/AC$4.52
-2.0%
C$8.00
+77.0%
+0.0%C$1.09BN/A-151.74N/A
SUM
Solium Capital
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.08BC$108.34M222.674,800
GGD
GoGold Resources
N/AC$2.57
+1.2%
N/A+130.2%C$972.46MC$64.81M73.43204News Coverage
MMX
Maverix Metals
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$962.39MC$61.65M59.369,400

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This page (TSE:LAC) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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