Basic Materials
Lithium Americas Corp.(LAC)
Live Price
Offline$4.37
-1.13% today
1Y Change
+51.54%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.27B
- Revenue Growth
- 0.0%
- EPS Growth
- -142.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $1.27B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $4.37 and up 51.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of 0.0%, EPS growth of -142.9%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue 0.0%, EPS -142.9%, free cash flow -340.9% with operating margin 0.0% and ROIC -2.2%. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LAC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
0.0% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
0.0% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at 0.0% and EPS is at -142.9%, with operating margin around 0.0%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -2.5% | -2.9% | -11.5% |
2026 Mar 19, 2026 | -825.0% | -7.5% | -3.2% | +20.7% |
2025 Nov 13, 2025 | +60.0% | -3.0% | +4.1% | +11.3% |
Benchmark Edge
LAC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
LAC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LAC Max Drawdown
-63.08%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LAC and SPY.
Company Overview
Lithium Americas Corp.
New York Stock Exchange
Lithium Americas Corp. operates as a resource company in the United States and Argentina. The company explores for lithium deposits. It owns interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz project located in Jujuy province of Argentina; Thacker Pass project located in north-western Nevada; and Pastos Grandes project located in the Salta province of Argentina. The company was formerly known as Western Lithium USA Corporation and changed its name to Lithium Americas Corp. in March 2016. Lithium Americas Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
- Leadership
- Jonathan David Evans
- IPO Date
- Sep 18, 2008
- Employees
- 749
- Street Address
- 300 โ 900 West Hastings Street
- Mailing
- Vancouver, BC, V6C 1E5
- Region
- Vancouver, BC, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 17786565820
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- โ
- Price/Book
- 1.3
Growth
- Revenue
- 0.0%
- EPS
- -142.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- -340.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 0.0%
- Operating Margin
- 0.0%
- Net Margin
- 0.0%
- ROE
- -12.0%
- ROIC
- -2.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.50
- Current Ratio
- 5.16
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.