Lithium Americas (LAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lithium Americas Corp. is a lithium development company focused on advancing domestic battery-materials production in North America. Its principal asset is the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada, one of the largest known lithium deposits in the United States. The project is designed to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate for use in electric vehicle batteries and other energy-storage applications.

Thacker Pass is being developed in phases and is expected to use a processing method intended to recover lithium from sedimentary claystone. The company has described the project as an integrated operation that would include mining, lithium extraction and production of battery-grade lithium carbonate. Lithium Americas is working with General Motors, which has entered into commercial and investment arrangements related to the project.

Lithium Americas became a standalone U.S.-focused company in 2023 following the separation of its U.S. and Argentina businesses. The Argentina operations, including the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project, were separated into a different company, Lithium Argentina Corp. Lithium Americas is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Evans.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.60 to $2.60
• 50-Day Range: $2.54 to $3.42
• 52-Week Range: $2.49 to $10.52
• Volume: 65,026 shs
• Average Volume: 10.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $927.57 million
• 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 44% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 177th out of 229 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lithium Americas has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.18, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of $5.33, representing about 108.7% upside from its current price of $2.56.

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 ($0.07) to ($0.16) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lithium Americas is -6.91, 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 -6.91, 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 0.76. 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

9.75% 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 3.3, 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 9.07%, 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: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.71

News Sentiment

Lithium Americas has a news sentiment score of 0.71. 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 0.43 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Lithium Americas this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 23 people have searched for LAC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -21% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 17 people have added Lithium Americas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -11% 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: 10/06/2026
• 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: 94
• 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: +108.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.18
• Research Coverage: 11 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: $3.37 per share
• Price / Book: 0.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 363,043,000
• Free Float: 360,647,000
• Market Cap: $927.57 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.64