Comparing Standard Lithium (SLI) & Its Peers
by Amy Steele · The Cerbat GemStandard Lithium (NYSE:SLI – Get Free Report) is one of 34 public companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Standard Lithium to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Standard Lithium and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Standard Lithium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Standard Lithium Competitors | 139 | 1275 | 1593 | 46 | 2.51 |
Standard Lithium presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 118.07%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 8.74%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its peers.
Profitability
This table compares Standard Lithium and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Standard Lithium | N/A | -15.67% | -14.05% |
| Standard Lithium Competitors | -568.74% | 5.73% | -0.15% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Standard Lithium and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Standard Lithium | N/A | -$31.35 million | -6.98 |
| Standard Lithium Competitors | $6.64 billion | $206.77 million | 66.19 |
Standard Lithium’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Risk & Volatility
Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium’s peers have a beta of 1.78, indicating that their average stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Standard Lithium pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 124.6%. Standard Lithium pays out -869.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.8% and pay out 42.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Lithium is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Standard Lithium peers beat Standard Lithium on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
About Standard Lithium
Standard Lithium Ltd. explores for, develops, and processes lithium brine properties in the United States. Its flagship project is the Lanxess project with area of approximately 150,000 acres located in southern Arkansas. The company was formerly known as Patriot Petroleum Corp. and changed its name to Standard Lithium Ltd. in December 2016. Standard Lithium Ltd. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.