Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) vs Standard Lithium Ltd. (SLI)

Ferroglobe PLC and Standard Lithium Ltd. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. Ferroglobe PLC is the larger, with a market value of $536.3M against $360.3M — 1.5× the size. Standard Lithium Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ferroglobe PLC trades at 18.1×. Ferroglobe PLC has the higher net margin (2.13% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.69% vs −6.18%). Across the 14 metrics below, Ferroglobe PLC leads on 10 and Standard Lithium Ltd. on 4.

Valuation

Metric GSM SLI Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E 18.14 n/m 32.18
P/S 0.38 n/m 5.35
P/B 0.79 0.97 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 14.36
EV/EBITDA 6.15 n/m 6.96
EV/Sales 0.43 n/m 4.59
Earnings yield 5.51% (13.61%) (9.94%)
Free cash flow yield (1.94%) (4.09%) (8.18%)

Profitability

Metric GSM SLI 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 (0.74%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% (15.55%) (5.79%)
Return on assets 1.94% (14.17%) (12.91%)
Return on invested capital 1.69% (6.18%) (3.14%)

Growth

Metric GSM SLI Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.81% — 29.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (925.77%) (137.92%) (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 SLI Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.20 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 1.34 17.87 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA (3.00) 5.80 1.03

Dividend

Metric GSM SLI Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 2.04% — 2.04%
Payout ratio 0.37 — 0.12

Size

Metric GSM SLI Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 536.29m 360.30m 432.63m

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