Focuses on advancing lithium projects in Argentina. Owns interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz project in Jujuy province. 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.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
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.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades 50% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Our checks did not surface a specific strength to highlight here.
A loss of $75.4M against $0 in annual sales.
This stock swings about 2.4 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, LAR sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: LAR 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 (42/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.