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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 2 more articles in the media than Pretium Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 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.
Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of C$7.50, suggesting 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.
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.
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.
8.2% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Lithium Americas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lithium Americas beats Pretium Resources on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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This page (TSE:LAC) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
