Lithium Americas (LAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lithium Americas is building Thacker Pass located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada. Phase 1 is designed for nominal production capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate, and mechanical completion is targeted for late 2027. Thacker Pass hosts the largest known measured lithium resource (Measured and Indicated) in the world and is owned by a JV between Lithium Americas (holding a 62% interest), and GM (holding a 38% interest). Project financing for Phase 1 includes a $2.23 billion loan from the U.S. DOE and strategic investments from GM and Orion. The DOE holds the LAC Warrant to purchase common shares equivalent to a 5% equity stake of the Company as of January 30, 2026 (the ' Issuance Date ') and the JV Warrant to purchase a non-voting, non-transferable equity interest in the JV equivalent to a 5% interest as of the Issuance Date.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$4.28 to C$4.51
• 50-Day Range: C$3.82 to C$6.23
• 52-Week Range: C$3.77 to C$14.75
• Volume: 786,369 shs
• Average Volume: 1.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: C$8.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lithium Americas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lithium Americas scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lithium Americas has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of C$8.25, representing about 83.7% upside from its current price of C$4.49.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lithium Americas has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lithium Americas is -9.76, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lithium Americas is -9.76, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lithium Americas has a P/B Ratio of 0.86. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for LAC.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Lithium Americas does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Lithium Americas does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.58

News Sentiment

Lithium Americas has a news sentiment score of 0.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Lithium Americas this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

39 people have searched for LAC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 86% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Lithium Americas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lithium Americas insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.40% of the stock of Lithium Americas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

20.43% of the stock of Lithium Americas is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 8/25/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Metals & Mining
• Current Symbol: TSE:LAC
• Previous Symbol: TSE:WLC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: lithiumamericas.com
• Phone: +1-778-6565820
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 749
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lithium Americas: C$8.25
• High Price Target: C$11.00
• Low Price Target: C$6.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +83.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C($0.46)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.25
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -C$20.27 million
• Net Margins: 1,429,488,235.29%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -8.92%
• Return on Assets: -3.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 81.68
• Current Ratio: 5.47
• Quick Ratio: 52.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: C$0.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.91
• Book Value: C$5.24 per share
• Price / Book: 0.86

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 363,043,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.63 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.26