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Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) vs Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC)

Ferroglobe PLC and Lithium Americas Corp. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Lithium Americas Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $810.5M against $736.2M — 1.1× the size. Lithium Americas Corp. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −2.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (−3.14% vs −3.36%). Across the 14 metrics below, Ferroglobe PLC leads on 7 and Lithium Americas Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 26.65
P/S 0.55 n/m 6.78
P/B 1.10 0.57 1.18
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA 16.69 n/m 7.09
EV/Sales 0.54 n/m 4.64
Earnings yield (5.46%) (15.85%) (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield (1.70%) (133.10%) (8.41%)

Profitability

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 37.07% 0.00% 14.52%
Operating margin (2.73%) 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin (2.96%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.94%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (9.56%) (7.90%)
Return on assets (2.52%) (3.99%) (11.61%)
Return on invested capital (3.36%) (3.14%) (3.47%)

Growth

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.54%) — 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (925.77%) (138.10%) (15.57%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.13% — 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.10 0.81 0.04
Current ratio 1.29 5.47 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 7.18 1.07

Dividend

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 1.46% — 1.46%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 736.23m 810.52m 454.02m

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