Head to Head Contrast: 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM) versus Its Rivals

5E Advanced Materials (NASDAQ:FEAM – Get Rating) is one of 29 publicly-traded companies in the “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare 5E Advanced Materials to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for 5E Advanced Materials and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
5E Advanced Materials	0	0	3	0	3.00
5E Advanced Materials Competitors	204	933	1271	12	2.45

5E Advanced Materials currently has a consensus target price of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 256.98%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 31.73%. Given 5E Advanced Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe 5E Advanced Materials is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

26.0% of 5E Advanced Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares 5E Advanced Materials and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
5E Advanced Materials	N/A	-96.48%	-67.82%
5E Advanced Materials Competitors	-99.25%	-22.78%	-9.48%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares 5E Advanced Materials and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
5E Advanced Materials	N/A	-$66.71 million	-5.45
5E Advanced Materials Competitors	$2.55 billion	$441.05 million	-12.58

5E Advanced Materials’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than 5E Advanced Materials. 5E Advanced Materials is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

5E Advanced Materials rivals beat 5E Advanced Materials on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About 5E Advanced Materials

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5E Advanced Materials Inc. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Australia and the United States. The company primarily explores for borates and lithium deposits. It focuses on the Fort Cady project located in Southern California. The company was formerly known as American Pacific Borates Limited. 5E Advanced Materials Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.