LAC Fundamental Analysis - LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP

Fundamental Rating

Taking everything into account, LAC scores 1 out of 10 in our fundamental rating. LAC was compared to 805 industry peers in the Metals & Mining industry. While LAC seems to be doing ok healthwise, there are quite some concerns on its profitability. LAC has a expensive valuation and it also scores bad on growth.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

LAC had negative earnings in the past year.

LAC had a negative operating cash flow in the past year.

LAC had negative earnings in each of the past 5 years.

In the past 5 years LAC always reported negative operating cash flow.

1.2 Ratios

LAC has a better Return On Assets (-4.63%) than 72.67% of its industry peers.

Looking at the Return On Equity, with a value of -7.52%, LAC is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 68.57% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-4.63%
ROE	-7.52%
ROIC	N/A

ROA(3y)-82.94%

ROA(5y)-183.97%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

LAC does not have Profit Margin and Operating Margin and Gross Margin available, so we won't be analyzing them here.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	N/A
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	N/A

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3YN/A

GM growth 5YN/A

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ROA

ROE

ROIC

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

LAC has more shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.

The number of shares outstanding for LAC has been increased compared to 5 years ago.

The debt/assets ratio for LAC is higher compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

Based on the Altman-Z score of 1.25, we must say that LAC is in the distress zone and has some risk of bankruptcy.

LAC has a Altman-Z score of 1.25. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: LAC outperforms 51.55% of its industry peers.

LAC has a Debt/Equity ratio of 0.02. This is a healthy value indicating a solid balance between debt and equity.

With a Debt to Equity ratio value of 0.02, LAC perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 46.21% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.02
Debt/FCF	N/A
Altman-Z	1.25

ROIC/WACCN/A

WACCN/A

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 10.44 indicates that LAC has no problem at all paying its short term obligations.

LAC has a better Current ratio (10.44) than 86.34% of its industry peers.

A Quick Ratio of 10.44 indicates that LAC has no problem at all paying its short term obligations.

LAC's Quick ratio of 10.44 is amongst the best of the industry. LAC outperforms 86.46% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	10.44
Quick Ratio	10.44

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WACC

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The earnings per share for LAC have decreased strongly by -600.00% in the last year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)-600%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-25%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)N/A

Revenue growth 3YN/A

Revenue growth 5YN/A

Sales Q2Q%N/A

3.2 Future

The Earnings Per Share is expected to grow by 2.38% on average over the next years.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next Y-116.67%

EPS Next 2Y-60.73%

EPS Next 3Y-42.88%

EPS Next 5Y2.38%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

The Price/Earnings Ratio is negative for LAC. In the last year negative earnings were reported.

Also next year LAC is expected to report negative earnings again, which makes the also the Forward Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	N/A
EV/EBITDA	N/A

4.3 Compensation for Growth

A cheap valuation may be justified as LAC's earnings are expected to decrease with -42.88% in the coming years.

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2Y-60.73%

EPS Next 3Y-42.88%

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

LAC does not give a dividend.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP

TSX:LAC (7/14/2025, 7:00:00 PM)

3.92

+0.02 (+0.51%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorMaterials

GICS IndustryGroupMaterials

GICS IndustryMetals & Mining

Earnings (Last)05-15 2025-05-15/bmo

Earnings (Next)N/A N/A

Inst Owners18.29%

Inst Owner ChangeN/A

Ins Owners0.71%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap860.01M

Analysts74.29

Price Target6.63 (69.13%)

Short Float %N/A

Short RatioN/A

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DPN/A

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)0%

PT rev (3m)-13.33%

EPS NQ rev (1m)0%

EPS NQ rev (3m)74.84%

EPS NY rev (1m)0%

EPS NY rev (3m)0%

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	N/A
P/FCF	N/A
P/OCF	N/A
P/B	1.01
P/tB	1.01
EV/EBITDA	N/A

EPS(TTM)-0.3

EYN/A

EPS(NY)-0.43

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)-1.74

FCFYN/A

OCF(TTM)-0.19

OCFYN/A

SpS0

BVpS3.9

TBVpS3.9

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-4.63%
ROE	-7.52%
ROCE	N/A
ROIC	N/A
ROICexc	N/A
ROICexgc	N/A
OM	N/A
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	N/A
FCFM	N/A

ROA(3y)-82.94%

ROA(5y)-183.97%

ROE(3y)N/A

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)N/A

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)N/A

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)N/A

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexcg growth 3YN/A

ROICexcg growth 5YN/A

ROICexc growth 3YN/A

ROICexc growth 5YN/A

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3YN/A

GM growth 5YN/A

F-Score4

Asset Turnover0

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.02
Debt/FCF	N/A
Debt/EBITDA	N/A
Cap/Depr	23584.9%
Cap/Sales	N/A
Interest Coverage	N/A
Cash Conversion	N/A
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	10.44
Quick Ratio	10.44
Altman-Z	1.25

F-Score4

WACCN/A

ROIC/WACCN/A

Cap/Depr(3y)13707%

Cap/Depr(5y)8310.59%

Cap/Sales(3y)N/A

Cap/Sales(5y)N/A

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)-600%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%-25%

EPS Next Y-116.67%

EPS Next 2Y-60.73%

EPS Next 3Y-42.88%

EPS Next 5Y2.38%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)N/A

Revenue growth 3YN/A

Revenue growth 5YN/A

Sales Q2Q%N/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-3.57%

EBIT growth 3YN/A

EBIT growth 5YN/A

EBIT Next Year-25.48%

EBIT Next 3Y24.96%

EBIT Next 5Y39.99%

FCF growth 1Y-284.72%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5YN/A

OCF growth 1Y48.5%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5YN/A

LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP (LAC.CA) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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