Lithium Argentina (LAR) vs. Its Peers Critical Analysis

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lithium Argentina and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 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, equities analysts plainly believe Lithium Argentina is more favorable than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lithium Argentina and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	-16.75

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.

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%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Argentina shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Metal mining” companies are held by 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

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.