Critical Analysis: Lithium Argentina (LAR) & Its Peers

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

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 and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Argentina	N/A	$1.29 billion	-27.33
Lithium Argentina Competitors	$6.48 billion	$892.01 million	-16.63

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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets 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	1261	2706	3198	144	2.30

Lithium Argentina presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.28%. As a group, “Metal mining” companies have a potential upside of 23.77%. Given Lithium Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Lithium Argentina beats its rivals on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lithium Argentina

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.