Lithium Argentina (LAR) & The Competition Critical Review

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

Profitability

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its rivals’ 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 and Insider Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	$1.29 billion	-26.00
Lithium Argentina Competitors	$6.48 billion	$892.01 million	-16.82

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Lithium Argentina and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Argentina	0	1	1	0	2.50
Lithium Argentina Competitors	1262	2707	3198	144	2.30

Lithium Argentina presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.57%. As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 23.36%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats its rivals 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.