Reviewing 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM) & Its Competitors

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 weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare 5E Advanced Materials to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares 5E Advanced Materials and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
5E Advanced Materials	N/A	-$66.71 million	-5.49
5E Advanced Materials Competitors	$2.74 billion	$441.05 million	-12.52

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

Insider and Institutional 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 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.

Profitability

This table compares 5E Advanced Materials and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for 5E Advanced Materials and its peers, as provided 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 presently has a consensus price target of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 254.02%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 30.72%. Given 5E Advanced Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe 5E Advanced Materials is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

5E Advanced Materials Company Profile

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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.