LAC vs. BCB, CXB, NEXA, ERO, RUP, SUM, MMX, IE, GSV, and GGD
Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Cott (BCB), Calibre Mining (CXB), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Ero Copper (ERO), Rupert Resources (RUP), Solium Capital (SUM), Maverix Metals (MMX), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Gold Standard Ventures (GSV), and GoGold Resources (GGD). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Lithium Americas vs.
Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) and Cott (TSE:BCB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Lithium Americas received 54 more outperform votes than Cott when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.62% of users gave Cott an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.
Cott has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of -51,108.92%. Cott's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 2 more articles in the media than Cott. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Cott. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Cott's score of 0.00 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lithium Americas currently has a consensus target price of C$7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 96.85%. Given Lithium Americas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Cott.
26.5% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cott has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lithium Americas beats Cott on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LAC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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