Head-To-Head Analysis: Lithium Argentina (LAR) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lithium Argentina and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Argentina	0	1	1	0	2.50
Lithium Argentina Competitors	1264	2714	3202	146	2.30

Lithium Argentina currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.79%. As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.04%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	$1.29 billion	-23.89
Lithium Argentina Competitors	$6.48 billion	$892.01 million	-14.15

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.

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

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%

Volatility & Risk

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

About Lithium Argentina

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.