Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) vs Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. (LAR)

Ferroglobe PLC and Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $916.8M against $749.3M — 1.2× the size. Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.9% against −8.54%. Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −2.96%) and the lower return on invested capital (−3.57% vs −3.36%). Across the 17 metrics below, Ferroglobe PLC leads on 10 and Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 27.78
P/S 0.56 156.82 8.14
P/B 1.11 1.08 1.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 16.31
EV/EBITDA 16.86 n/m 14.66
EV/Sales 0.54 174.45 6.17
Earnings yield (5.41%) (6.16%) (8.03%)
Free cash flow yield (1.69%) (1.87%) (6.85%)

Profitability

Metric GSM LAR 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% (6.24%) (7.90%)
Return on assets (2.52%) (4.70%) (11.61%)
Return on invested capital (3.36%) (3.57%) (3.47%)

Growth

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.54%) 50.91% 27.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (925.77%) (422.22%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.13% — 5.26%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.10 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 1.29 0.47 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 0.80 1.10

Dividend

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 4.32%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 749.31m 916.75m 586.13m

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