Intrepid Potash (IPI) Competitors

Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IPI or PLL?

Intrepid Potash received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.49% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intrepid Potash	Outperform Votes 303 50.42%	Underperform Votes 298 49.58%
Piedmont Lithium	Outperform Votes 207 53.49%	Underperform Votes 180 46.51%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IPI or PLL?

Piedmont Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intrepid Potash. Piedmont Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intrepid Potash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intrepid Potash	$279.08M	0.96	-$35.67M	-$2.79	-7.27
Piedmont Lithium	$39.82M	6.42	-$21.78M	-$1.15	-11.49

Which has more volatility & risk, IPI or PLL?

Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IPI or PLL?

56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IPI or PLL more profitable?

Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -12.78%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -0.43% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intrepid Potash	-12.78%	-0.43%	-0.39%
Piedmont Lithium	N/A	-7.79%	-7.09%

Do analysts prefer IPI or PLL?

Intrepid Potash currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus price target of $65.67, suggesting a potential upside of 397.10%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intrepid Potash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Piedmont Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the media favor IPI or PLL?

In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 2 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 2 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.60 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intrepid Potash	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Piedmont Lithium	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Intrepid Potash and Piedmont Lithium tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.