LBSR vs IE Stock Comparison

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals and Ivanhoe Electric Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
$7.68 -27.3% 1M -51.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.30B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Ivanhoe Electric leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Ivanhoe Electric 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLBSRIELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.95M $1.30B IE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.8x -37.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -20.6% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -1,138.7% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.9x -13.0x IE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -77.8% -51.6% IE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -48.7%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 225.9% 76.5% IE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 8/100 45/100 IE

Percentile Scorecard

LBSRIE

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

AxisLBSRIE
Valuation 1 #160 of 162 26 #121 of 162
Growth 20 #118 of 147 63 #55 of 147
Profitability – 36 #78 of 122
Financial Health 4 #158 of 165 86 #24 of 165
Shareholder Returns 8 #99 of 107 14 #92 of 107
Overall 8 45
  • LBSR ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • IE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLBSRIESPY
1 month 0.0%-27.3% -0.8%
3 months 0.0%-17.2% +3.5%
6 months 0.0%-44.6% +7.0%
Year to date -60.0%-51.9% +12.2%
1 year -77.8%-51.6% +13.0%
3 years -50.0%-27.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -20.6%-10.2% +23.1%
5 years -96.4%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -48.7%— +11.0%
10 years -98.0%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -32.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLBSRIESPY
Volatility, 1Y 225.9%76.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 495.0%81.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.743.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.68 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.8%-71.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -75.0%-61.4% -1.8%
52-week high $0.08$19.92 $779.14
52-week low $0.01$7.68 $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.

MultipleLBSRIE
P/E now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 12.8x -35.3xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.1x 405.5xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -6.1xmedian 7.0x 59.1xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.8xmedian 15.2x -14.7xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median -4.4xmedian 2.1x 2.3xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.09median 0.29 -0.72median 0.29

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 monthsLBSRIE
Revenue – $3.02M
Gross profit – $1.78M
Operating income -$1.09M $14.34M
Net income -$1.09M -$5.89M
Free cash flow -$844.33K -$83.11M
R&D $174.76K $78.04M
EPS (diluted) $-0.01 $-0.22
Cash & equivalents $42.27K $256.88M
Total debt $1.98M $214.09M
Shares (diluted) 111.24M 158.35M
Enterprise value $1.13M $513.01M

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
MetricLBSRIE
P/E -2.0x -35.3x
P/FCF -2.8x -14.7x
P/Operating cash flow -2.8x -11.6x
P/S – 405.5x
P/B -4.4x 2.3x
P/Tangible book -4.4x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA -6.1x 59.1x
EV/EBIT -2.5x 70.0x
EV/Revenue – 332.1x
EV/FCF -3.2x -12.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.2x -9.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.09 -0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLBSRIE
Revenue growth (1Y) – -20.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -28.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 56.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 4.9% 111.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.1% 27.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,123% 93.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -28.7% 67.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -711.2% 64.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.8% 49.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -19.5% 6.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.2% 8.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -19.5% 28.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.2% 17.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLBSRIE
Gross margin – 58.7%
EBITDA margin – 562.4%
Operating margin – 474.5%
Pretax margin – 207.3%
Net margin – -1,139%
FCF margin – -2,749%
Operating cash flow margin – -3,507%
Return on equity – -1.1%
Return on assets -1,789% -1.0%
Return on invested capital – 0.0%
Return on capital employed – 2.7%
Asset turnover – 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 18.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 365.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLBSRIE
Debt / assets 486.9% 6.0%
Debt / equity -0.8x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.9x -13.0x
Debt / FCF -0.5x -0.4x
Liabilities / assets 691.1% 9.3%
Equity / assets -591.1% 90.7%
Interest coverage -1.4x –
Current ratio 0.2x 5.0x
Quick ratio 0.1x 5.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 4.8x
Altman Z-score – 12.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLBSRIE
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield -41.2% -21.1%
Shareholder yield -41.2% -21.1%
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.

ConsensusLBSRIE
EPS, next fiscal year – $-0.06FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.16MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -2.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -6.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLBSRIE
Held by institutions – 74.0%
Institutions holding – 203
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.3%
Institutions buying – 126
Institutions selling – 56
Buyers to sellers – 2.25

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.

LBSRIE
LBSR 1.00 0.14
IE 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LBSR and IE?

Ivanhoe Electric (IE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (LBSR) $1.95M, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) $1.30B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ivanhoe Electric (IE) returned the most: Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (LBSR) -77.8%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -51.6%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) has been the steadiest (Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (LBSR) 225.9%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 76.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do LBSR and IE move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.14, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, LBSR and IE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) leads on 5. 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.