LAC vs. ALS, MDI, SKE, AOT, WRN, ETG, FAR, KRR, CHE.UN, and ASTL
Should you be buying Lithium Americas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithium Americas include Altius Minerals (ALS), Major Drilling Group International (MDI), Skeena Resources (SKE), Ascot Resources (AOT), Western Copper and Gold (WRN), Entrée Resources (ETG), Foraco International (FAR), Karora Resources (KRR), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE.UN), and Algoma Steel Group (ASTL). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) and Altius Minerals (TSE:ALS) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altius Minerals has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altius Minerals has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of 0.00%. Altius Minerals' return on equity of 1.66% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
Altius Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altius Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altius Minerals received 22 more outperform votes than Lithium Americas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.84% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave Altius Minerals an outperform vote.
Lithium Americas presently has a consensus price target of C$22.75, indicating a potential upside of 259.40%. Altius Minerals has a consensus price target of C$22.71, indicating a potential upside of 3.01%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Altius Minerals.
25.2% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Altius Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 6 more articles in the media than Altius Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lithium Americas and 12 mentions for Altius Minerals. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Altius Minerals' score of -0.09 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Altius Minerals beats Lithium Americas on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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