Analyzing Lithium Argentina (LAR) & The Competition

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

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 rivals have a beta of 0.43, suggesting that their average stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	$1.29 billion	-25.78
Lithium Argentina Competitors	$6.48 billion	$892.01 million	-15.48

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.

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 & 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Lithium Argentina and its rivals, 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	1264	2711	3200	145	2.30

Lithium Argentina currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.86%. As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 23.44%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its rivals.

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.