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

Ferroglobe PLC and Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Ferroglobe PLC and Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. are of similar size ($769.9M and $736.2M). 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 26.65
P/S 0.55 131.54 6.78
P/B 1.10 0.90 1.18
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.65
EV/EBITDA 16.69 n/m 7.09
EV/Sales 0.54 148.31 4.64
Earnings yield (5.46%) (7.34%) (9.58%)
Free cash flow yield (1.70%) (2.23%) (8.41%)

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%) (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 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 1.07

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GSM LAR Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 736.23m 769.88m 454.02m

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