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Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. (LAR) vs TMC the metals company Inc. (TMC)

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. and TMC the metals company Inc. are both Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies. TMC the metals company Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $913.2M against $656.9M — 1.4× the size. Across the 8 metrics below, Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. leads on 5 and TMC the metals company Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
P/E n/m n/m 22.71
P/S 115.91 n/m 5.39
P/B 0.80 n/m 1.39
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 14.19
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 5.51
EV/Sales 132.68 n/m 4.77
Earnings yield (8.33%) (35.10%) (11.17%)
Free cash flow yield (2.54%) (4.85%) (7.91%)

Profitability

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 0.00% 0.00% 14.48%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (6.24%) (1,123.19%) (6.24%)
Return on assets (4.70%) (172.41%) (14.10%)
Return on invested capital (3.57%) 0.00% (3.57%)

Growth

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.91% — 28.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (422.22%) (232.00%) (14.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 6.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 0.47 1.93 2.53
Net debt to EBITDA 0.80 0.84 1.03

Dividend

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield — — 2.31%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric LAR TMC Other Industrial Metals & Mining median
Market cap 656.90m 913.15m 433.17m

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