Comparing Standard Lithium (SLI) & The Competition

Standard Lithium (NYSE:SLI) is one of 34 public companies in the “Chemicals & allied products” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Standard Lithium to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Dividends

Standard Lithium pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 122.7%. 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 competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Standard Lithium and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Lithium	N/A	-20.35%	-18.76%
Standard Lithium Competitors	-568.74%	5.73%	-0.15%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of shares of all “Chemicals & allied products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Standard Lithium has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Lithium’s competitors have a beta of 1.78, meaning that their average stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Standard Lithium and its competitors, as provided 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	1274	1591	46	2.51

Standard Lithium currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 114.72%. As a group, “Chemicals & allied products” companies have a potential upside of 4.65%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Standard Lithium and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Standard Lithium	N/A	-$31.35 million	-7.09
Standard Lithium Competitors	$6.64 billion	$206.77 million	67.66

Standard Lithium’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Standard Lithium. Standard Lithium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Standard Lithium competitors 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.