Head to Head Comparison: Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) & Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR)

Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) and Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Lithium Americas and Vox Royalty, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lithium Americas	1	8	3	0	2.17
Vox Royalty	0	1	0	0	2.00

Lithium Americas currently has a consensus price target of $5.81, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. Given Lithium Americas’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than Vox Royalty.

Profitability

This table compares Lithium Americas and Vox Royalty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lithium Americas	N/A	-8.50%	-4.12%
Vox Royalty	-12.77%	-2.71%	-2.15%

Volatility & Risk

Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vox Royalty has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lithium Americas and Vox Royalty”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lithium Americas	N/A	N/A	-$42.53 million	($1.05)	-4.32
Vox Royalty	$11.05 million	31.55	-$1.65 million	($0.04)	-127.50

Vox Royalty has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Vox Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

46.0% of Vox Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lithium Americas beats Vox Royalty on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lithium Americas

Lithium Americas Corp. engages in the exploration and development of lithium properties in the United States and Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Thacker Pass project located in northern Nevada, as well as investments in exploration properties in the United States and Canada. Lithium Americas Corp. was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Vox Royalty

Vox Royalty Corp. operates as a mining royalty and streaming company. The company holds a portfolio of 60 royalties and streaming assets. It operates in Australia, Canada, Peru, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, and the United States. Vox Royalty Corp. was founded in 2014 and is based in Toronto, Canada.