Contrasting Standard Lithium (SLI) & The Competition

Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) is one of 34 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Standard Lithium to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Lithium	0	0	1	0	3.00
Standard Lithium Competitors	139	1271	1591	46	2.51

Standard Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 141.36%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 7.63%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium’s competitors have a beta of 1.78, suggesting that their average share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Lithium	N/A	-$31.35 million	-6.30
Standard Lithium Competitors	$6.67 billion	$206.77 million	65.21

Standard Lithium’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Lithium	N/A	-36.48%	-33.60%
Standard Lithium Competitors	-568.74%	5.73%	-0.15%

Summary

Standard Lithium competitors beat Standard Lithium on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Standard Lithium Company Profile

Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project with area of approximately 150,000 acres located in southern Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.