Critical Comparison: Lithium Argentina (LAR) & Its Competitors

Lithium Argentina (NYSE:LAR) is one of 114 publicly-traded companies in the “Metal mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Lithium Argentina to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	$1.29 billion	-25.89
Lithium Argentina Competitors	$6.48 billion	$892.01 million	-16.75

Lithium Argentina’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Lithium Argentina. Lithium Argentina is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Lithium Argentina and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Argentina	0	1	1	0	2.50
Lithium Argentina Competitors	1261	2706	3198	144	2.30

Lithium Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.21%. As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 24.30%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Argentina	N/A	-1.37%	-1.08%
Lithium Argentina Competitors	-1,300.59%	-11.20%	-9.41%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina’s competitors have a beta of 0.43, suggesting that their average stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats its competitors on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Lithium Argentina Company Profile

Lithium Argentina AG, a resource and materials company, focuses on advancing lithium projects in Argentina. The company owns interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz project located in Jujuy province; and the Pastos Grandes project located in Salta Province of Argentina. The company was formerly known as Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and changed its name to Lithium Argentina AG in January 2025. Lithium Argentina AG was incorporated in 2007 is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.