Explore for lithium deposits in North America and South America. Own and operate significant lithium projects, including Cauchari-Olaroz and Thacker Pass. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 88% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 65 buys and 49 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $122.1M against $0 in annual sales.
This stock swings about 3.4 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
On our five-subject report card, LAC sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LAC is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (21/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.