Lithium Americas (LAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lithium Americas Corp. is a Vancouver‐based resource company focused on the development of lithium projects to support the global transition to electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. The company specializes in advancing lithium brine and claystone assets through feasibility studies, environmental permitting and engineering design. Its technical teams work to produce high‐purity lithium chemicals, including lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, for battery manufacturers worldwide.

Lithium Americas’ two flagship projects are the Cauchari‐Olaroz lithium brine operation in Jujuy Province, Argentina—developed in partnership with Ganfeng Lithium—and the Thacker Pass lithium clay deposit in northern Nevada, United States. Both sites are advancing through detailed engineering and regulatory approval stages, with infrastructure planning that leverages local road, rail and power networks. The Argentina project is located in one of the world’s highest‐grade salars, while the Nevada deposit represents the largest known lithium resource in the U.S.

The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and maintains offices in North and South America to support project execution and stakeholder engagement. Its management team comprises professionals with backgrounds in mining, chemical processing and environmental management. Lithium Americas emphasizes sustainable development practices, including water stewardship, biodiversity protection and collaboration with local communities to ensure responsible resource extraction.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $3.18 to $3.31
• 50-Day Range: $2.72 to $4.38
• 52-Week Range: $2.67 to $10.52
• Volume: 6.23 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.84 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $5.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lithium Americas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lithium Americas scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 167th out of 231 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lithium Americas has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of $5.33, representing about 66.1% upside from its current price of $3.21.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lithium Americas has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Decreasing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Lithium Americas are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($0.11) to ($0.18) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lithium Americas is -8.68, 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 -8.68, 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 0.82. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.73% of the float of Lithium Americas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lithium Americas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.02, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lithium Americas has recently increased by 5.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.81

News Sentiment

Lithium Americas has a news sentiment score of 0.81. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Lithium Americas this week, compared to 5 articles 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

30 people have added Lithium Americas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 114% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 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

0.66% of the stock of Lithium Americas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Lithium Americas has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 8/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Metals & Mining
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LAC
• CIK: 1966983
• Web: www.lithiumamericas.com
• Phone: (778) 656-5820
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 749
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lithium Americas: $5.33
• High Price Target: $8.00
• Low Price Target: $4.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +66.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.08
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.37)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$122.09 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -7.35%
• Return on Assets: -2.96%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.81
• Current Ratio: 5.47
• Quick Ratio: 5.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $3.90 per share
• Price / Book: 0.82

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 363,040,000
• Free Float: 360,647,000
• Market Cap: $1.17 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.57