IPI vs. PLL, ATLX, CMP, LEU, UUUU, FSTR, RYAM, PPTA, VZLA, and DC
Should you be buying Intrepid Potash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intrepid Potash include Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Centrus Energy (LEU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), L.B. Foster (FSTR), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Perpetua Resources (PPTA), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), and Dakota Gold (DC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI) and Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Intrepid Potash has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Lithium has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Lithium has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Intrepid Potash's net margin of -15.95%. Intrepid Potash's return on equity of -1.37% beat Piedmont Lithium's return on equity.
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.
Intrepid Potash received 96 more outperform votes than Piedmont Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.35% of users gave Piedmont Lithium an outperform vote while only 50.25% of users gave Intrepid Potash an outperform vote.
Intrepid Potash presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.56%. Piedmont Lithium has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 312.82%. Given Piedmont Lithium's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Piedmont Lithium is more favorable than Intrepid Potash.
56.1% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.2% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Intrepid Potash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Piedmont Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Piedmont Lithium had 6 more articles in the media than Intrepid Potash. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Piedmont Lithium and 3 mentions for Intrepid Potash. Intrepid Potash's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Piedmont Lithium's score of 0.12 indicating that Intrepid Potash is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Intrepid Potash and Piedmont Lithium tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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