Reviewing Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Captor Capital (OTCMKTS:CPTRF)

Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) and Captor Capital (OTCMKTS:CPTRF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and Captor Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	0	4	4	1	2.67
Captor Capital	0	0	0	0	N/A

Lithium Americas (Argentina) presently has a consensus target price of $8.21, indicating a potential upside of 215.71%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Captor Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Lithium Americas (Argentina) and Captor Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	-0.25%	-0.20%
Captor Capital	-50.42%	-92.97%	-43.15%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lithium Americas (Argentina) and Captor Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	N/A	$1.29 billion	$7.99	0.32
Captor Capital	$31.65 million	N/A	-$9.82 million	($0.27)	-0.64

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Captor Capital. Captor Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas (Argentina), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Captor Capital on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lithium Americas (Argentina)

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. operates as a resource company. The company explores for lithium deposits. The company owns interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz project located in Jujuy province of Argentina. It also has a pipeline of development and exploration stage projects, including the Pastos Grandes project and the Sal de la Puna project located in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Captor Capital

Captor Capital Corp. engages in the manufacture and retail sale of cannabis products in the United States. It operates two dispensaries under the CHAI Cannabis Co. brand in Santa Cruz and Monterey, California, as well as operates an e-commerce site under the CHAI-brand. The company was formerly known as NWT Uranium Corp. and changed its name to Captor Capital Corp. in June 2017. Captor Capital Corp. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Toronto, Canada.