ORL vs. LAC, LUG, DOO, PVG, PXT, CIA, CGG, SPB, AZ, and KNT
Should you be buying Orocobre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orocobre include Lithium Americas (LAC), Lundin Gold (LUG), BRP (DOO), Pretium Resources (PVG), Parex Resources (PXT), Champion Iron (CIA), China Gold International Resources (CGG), Superior Plus (SPB), Arizona Mining (AZ), and K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.V) (KNT). These companies are all part of the "industrial metals & minerals" industry.
Orocobre vs.
Orocobre (TSE:ORL) and Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
34.6% of Lithium Americas shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Lithium Americas received 89 more outperform votes than Orocobre when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Orocobre an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 1 more articles in the media than Orocobre. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Lithium Americas and 0 mentions for Orocobre. Lithium Americas' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Orocobre's score of 0.28 indicating that Lithium Americas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of C$40.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.23%.
Orocobre's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.
Lithium Americas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orocobre. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orocobre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lithium Americas beats Orocobre on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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