IE vs CRS vs LCU Stock Comparison

Ivanhoe Electric, Carpenter Technology and Lion Copper Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
$7.75 -25.3% 1M -38.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.24B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
LCU Lion Copper Corp.
$4.36 -9.2% 1M +61.5% 1Y
Market cap
$69.63M
P/E
9.7x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Carpenter Technology leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Carpenter Technology 7, Lion Copper 2, Ivanhoe Electric 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIECRSLCULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.24B $14.48B $69.63M CRS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -35.7x 25.5x 9.7x LCU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -20.6% +10.2% — CRS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -1,138.7% 17.9% — CRS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 20.8% — CRS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -13.0x 0.6x — IE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.27% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -38.4% -4.6% +61.5% LCU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +55.0%/yr +4.4%/yr CRS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 76.6% 49.4% 153.2% CRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 61/100 49/100 CRS

Percentile Scorecard

IECRSLCU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIECRSLCU
Valuation 25 #126 of 168 53 #80 of 168 78 #37 of 168
Growth 62 #58 of 152 71 #45 of 152 81 #30 of 152
Profitability 38 #77 of 123 75 #32 of 123 17 #102 of 123
Financial Health 87 #23 of 165 38 #103 of 165 42 #97 of 165
Shareholder Returns 16 #98 of 117 71 #35 of 117 28 #85 of 117
Overall 46 61 49
  • IE ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining
  • CRS ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining
  • LCU ranked among 177 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIECRSLCUSPY
1 month -25.3%-25.5%-9.2% -1.0%
3 months -27.2%-48.8%-10.3% -0.4%
6 months -43.2%-36.2%-29.8% +4.5%
Year to date -51.5%-7.1%+15.3% +12.4%
1 year -38.4%-4.6%+61.5% +13.6%
3 years -28.8%+338.6%+169.1% +76.4%
3 years, per year -10.7%+63.7%+39.1% +20.8%
5 years —+792.3%+24.2% +63.7%
5 years, per year —+55.0%+4.4% +10.4%
10 years —+820.7%+223.0% +267.7%
10 years, per year —+24.9%+12.4% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureIECRSLCUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 76.6%49.4%153.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.5%53.1%184.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.361.60-0.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.50-0.090.40 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.1%-54.8%-73.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.1%-52.8%-49.8% -1.6%
52-week high $19.92$619.28$8.68 $779.14
52-week low $7.55$280.03$2.43 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIECRSLCU
P/E now vs peer median -35.7xmedian 13.4x 25.5xmedian 13.4x 9.7xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 409.2xmedian 3.0x 4.5xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 59.7xmedian 7.7x 16.8xmedian 7.7x —median 7.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -14.9xmedian 13.3x 42.5xmedian 13.3x 5.4xmedian 13.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.3x 6.6xmedian 2.3x 3.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.72median 0.19 0.34median 0.19 0.19median 0.19

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIECRSLCU
Revenue $3.02M $3.19B –
Gross profit $1.78M $995.30M –
Operating income $14.34M $745.00M -$14.76M
Net income -$5.89M $569.80M -$2.10M
Free cash flow -$83.11M $340.80M $12.93M
R&D $78.04M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.22 $11.40 $0.45
Cash & equivalents $256.88M $159.50M –
Total debt $35.19M $691.00M $2.61M
Shares (diluted) 158.35M 50.00M 15.93M
Enterprise value $452.22M $13.40B $69.63M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIECRSLCU
P/E -35.7x 25.5x 9.7x
P/FCF -14.9x 42.5x 5.4x
P/Operating cash flow -11.7x 23.4x 5.4x
P/S 409.2x 4.5x –
P/B 2.3x 6.6x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 2.3x 6.6x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 59.7x 16.8x –
EV/EBIT 70.8x 20.1x -4.9x
EV/Revenue 335.8x 4.7x –
EV/FCF -12.2x 44.0x 5.6x
EV/Operating cash flow -9.6x 24.3x 5.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.72 0.34 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIECRSLCU
Revenue growth (1Y) -20.6% 10.2% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.2% -5.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -28.8% 23.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 56.6% 34.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 111.6% 32.7% -273.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.7% 56.7% -60.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 93.6% 37.7% 59.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 67.4% 74.6% 19.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 64.3% 38.8% 290.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 49.2% 74.5% 50.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.2% 40.8% 327.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.3% 83.5% 197.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 28.4% 26.6% 326.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.1% 232.2% 197.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIECRSLCU
Gross margin 58.7% 31.2% –
EBITDA margin 562.4% 28.0% –
Operating margin 474.5% 23.4% –
Pretax margin 207.3% 22.1% –
Net margin -1,139% 17.9% –
FCF margin -2,749% 10.7% –
Operating cash flow margin -3,507% 19.4% –
Return on equity -1.1% 25.8% -66.5%
Return on assets -1.0% 15.0% -29.7%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 20.8% –
Return on capital employed 2.7% 22.4% -55.8%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.8x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 18.0x 1.1x -6.2x
Stock comp / revenue 365.3% 0.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIECRSLCU
Debt / assets 6.0% 18.5% 6.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -13.0x 0.6x –
Debt / FCF -0.4x 2.0x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 9.3% 41.7% 53.0%
Equity / assets 90.7% 58.3% 47.0%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 5.0x 3.9x 1.1x
Quick ratio 5.2x 1.9x –
Cash ratio 4.8x 0.3x –
Altman Z-score 12.73 8.39 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIECRSLCU
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield -20.9% 1.7% -6.0%
Shareholder yield -20.9% 2.0% -6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIECRSLCU
Forward P/E – 20.8xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.06FY2026 $14.05FY2027 –
EPS growth, next FY – +30.6%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after – +8.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.16MFY2026 $3.56BFY2027 –
Revenue growth, next FY -2.5%FY2026 +14.0%FY2027 –
Revenue growth, the year after -6.5% -0.4% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIECRSLCU
Held by institutions 74.0% 93.3% –
Institutions holding 203 878 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% -0.9% –
Institutions buying 126 549 –
Institutions selling 56 250 –
Buyers to sellers 2.25 2.20 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IECRSLCU
IE 1.00 0.29 -0.01
CRS 0.29 1.00 0.00
LCU -0.01 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IE, CRS and LCU?

Carpenter Technology (CRS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) $1.24B, Carpenter Technology (CRS) $14.48B, Lion Copper (LCU) $69.63M.

Which stock is cheaper, IE, CRS and LCU?

Lion Copper (LCU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -35.7x, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 25.5x, Lion Copper (LCU) 9.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Carpenter Technology (CRS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -20.6%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Carpenter Technology (CRS) has the highest net margin (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -1,138.7%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 17.9%). On return on invested capital, Carpenter Technology (CRS) leads (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 0.0%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lion Copper (LCU) returned the most: Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -38.4%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) -4.6%, Lion Copper (LCU) +61.5%. Over five years, Carpenter Technology (CRS) compounded fastest (Carpenter Technology (CRS) +55.0%/yr, Lion Copper (LCU) +4.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Carpenter Technology (CRS) 0.27%. Ivanhoe Electric (IE) and Lion Copper (LCU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Carpenter Technology (CRS) has been the steadiest (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 76.6%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 49.4%, Lion Copper (LCU) 153.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IE, CRS and LCU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Carpenter Technology (CRS) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.