Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI – Get Free Report) is one of 33 public companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Standard Lithium to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Standard Lithium and its competitors, 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 | 1287 | 1594 | 46 | 2.50 |
Standard Lithium presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.88%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 14.83%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its competitors.
Dividends
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Standard Lithium and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Standard Lithium | N/A | $108.82 million | -9.17 |
Standard Lithium Competitors | $6.89 billion | $214.06 million | 65.54 |
Standard Lithium’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Standard Lithium and its competitors’ 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 | -568.74% | 5.73% | -0.15% |
Risk & Volatility
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium’s competitors have a beta of 1.83, meaning 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, 71.1% 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, 9.5% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Standard Lithium competitors beat Standard Lithium on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
Standard Lithium Company Profile
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.
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