Lithium Americas Corp.

NYSE
LAC
Stock
Yield per half year: -14.05%
Dividend yield: 0%
Sector: Materials

Company Analysis Lithium Americas Corp.

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (2.63 $) is less than fair price (2.97 $)
  • The stock's return over the last year (-4.71%) is higher than the sector average (-38.57%).
  • Current debt level 2.17% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 40.91%.

Disadvantages

  • Dividends (0%) are below the sector average (2.47%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=-2.99%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=6.03%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Lithium Americas Corp. Materials Index
7 days -2.6% -1.2% 0.2%
90 days -3.3% -36.8% 15.8%
1 year -4.7% -38.6% 11.6%

LAC vs Sector: Lithium Americas Corp. has outperformed the "Materials" sector by 33.86% over the past year.

LAC vs Market: Lithium Americas Corp. has significantly underperformed the market by -16.34% over the past year.

Stable price: LAC is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: LAC with weekly volatility of -0.0906% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 22.45
P/S: 89.06

3.2. Revenue

EPS -0.0945
ROE -2.99%
ROA -2.06%
ROIC -7.2%
Ebitda margin -2.33%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (2.63 $) is lower than the fair price (2.97 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (2.63 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 12.9%.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (22.45) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (30.25).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (22.45) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.84).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (0.512) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-3.24).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (0.512) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (89.06) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (11.02).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (89.06) is higher than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (-2492.4) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (11.02).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (-2492.4) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.41).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -11.34% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-11.34%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (455.32%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (-2.99%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.03%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (-2.99%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.62%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (-2.06%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (6.75%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (-2.06%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (-7.2%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (13.16%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (-7.2%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.15%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (2.17%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 40.91% to 2.17%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage -148.54%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0% is below the average for the sector '2.47%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Unstable dividends: The company's dividend yield 0% has not been consistently paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (0%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Selling More insider purchases by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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