Head to Head Review: Lithium Argentina (LAR) and Its Peers

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

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%

Insider and Institutional 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share 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.

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Lithium Argentina and its competitors, as reported 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	1261	2706	3198	144	2.30

Lithium Argentina currently 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 23.68%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its competitors.

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.