Contrasting Eskay Mining (OTCMKTS:ESKYF) and Standard Lithium (OTCMKTS:SLI)

Eskay Mining (OTCMKTS:ESKYF) and Standard Lithium (OTCMKTS:SLI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Eskay Mining and Standard Lithium, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eskay Mining	0	0	0	0	0.00
Standard Lithium	0	0	1	0	3.00

Standard Lithium has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 141.38%. Given Standard Lithium’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Lithium is more favorable than Eskay Mining.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Eskay Mining and Standard Lithium”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eskay Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	C($0.01)	-34.86
Standard Lithium	N/A	N/A	-$30.10 million	$0.59	2.46

Eskay Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Lithium, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.8% of Standard Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Standard Lithium shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Eskay Mining and Standard Lithium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eskay Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Standard Lithium	N/A	-12.51%	-12.09%

Summary

Standard Lithium beats Eskay Mining on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eskay Mining

Eskay Mining Corp., a natural resource company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in British Columbia, Canada. The company explores for gold-silver volcanogenic massive sulphide, and gabbro-hosted magmatic nickel-copper-platinum group elements. It holds 100% interests in the ESKAY-Corey property located in northwestern British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Kenrich-Eskay Mining Corp. and changed its name to Eskay Mining Corp. in November 2009. Eskay Mining Corp. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.