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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 $665.8M against $472.8M — 1.4× the size. Lithium Americas Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ferroglobe PLC trades at 16.0×. Ferroglobe PLC has the higher net margin (2.13% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.69% vs −3.14%). Across the 14 metrics below, Ferroglobe PLC leads on 10 and Lithium Americas Corp. on 4.

Valuation

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 16.01 n/m 22.71
P/S 0.34 n/m 5.39
P/B 0.69 0.49 1.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 14.19
EV/EBITDA 5.51 n/m 5.51
EV/Sales 0.38 n/m 4.77
Earnings yield 6.25% (26.41%) (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield (1.87%) (155.16%) (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 38.88% 0.00% 14.48%
Operating margin 1.61% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 2.13% 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.63%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (9.56%) (6.24%)
Return on assets 1.94% (3.99%) (14.10%)
Return on invested capital 1.69% (3.14%) (3.57%)

Growth

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.81% — 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (925.77%) (138.10%) (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.13% — 6.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.81 0.04
Current ratio 1.34 5.47 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 7.18 1.03

Dividend

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 2.31% — 2.31%
Payout ratio 0.37 — 0.12

Size

Metric GSM LAC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 472.76m 665.79m 433.17m

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