Critical Review: Lithium Argentina (LAR) and The Competition

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Lithium Argentina and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Argentina	0	1	1	0	2.50
Lithium Argentina Competitors	1261	2707	3198	144	2.30

Lithium Argentina currently has a consensus price target 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 probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Lithium Argentina has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Argentina’s peers have a beta of 0.43, meaning that their average share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its peers’ 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%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its peers 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	-16.70

Lithium Argentina’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Lithium Argentina. Lithium Argentina 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.

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats its peers 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.