Standard Lithium (SLI) and Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Standard Lithium to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Lithium	N/A	$108.82 million	4.20
Standard Lithium Competitors	$6.87 billion	$214.06 million	68.09

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

Dividends

Standard Lithium pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 82.1%. Standard Lithium pays out 344.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.9% and pay out 41.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Standard Lithium and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Standard Lithium	0	0	1	0	3.00
Standard Lithium Competitors	139	1293	1597	46	2.50

Standard Lithium presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.74%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium’s rivals have a beta of 1.83, indicating that their average stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Lithium	N/A	-15.67%	-14.05%
Standard Lithium Competitors	-747.67%	3.75%	-0.80%

Summary

Standard Lithium rivals beat Standard Lithium on 9 of the 15 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.