Reviewing Standard Lithium (SLI) and Its Competitors

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Standard Lithium and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Lithium	N/A	-$31.35 million	-6.50
Standard Lithium Competitors	$6.67 billion	$206.77 million	65.16

Standard Lithium’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Standard Lithium and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Standard Lithium and its peers, 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	1272	1591	46	2.51

Standard Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 131.02%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Standard Lithium peers beat Standard Lithium on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Standard Lithium

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.