Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) Reaches New 1-Year Low – What’s Next?

Lithium Americas Corp. (TSE:LAC)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Friday. The stock traded as low as C$2.78 and last traded at C$2.79, with a volume of 797,370 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$2.99.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on LAC shares. Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded Lithium Americas from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from C$7.00 to C$5.25 in a research note on Thursday, October 15th. National Bank Financial dropped their price target on Lithium Americas from C$6.25 to C$5.25 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Lithium Americas presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$7.17.

Lithium Americas Price Performance

The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is C$3.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$5.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.68, a current ratio of 5.47 and a quick ratio of 52.06. The firm has a market capitalization of C$1.02 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.09 and a beta of 3.45.

Lithium Americas (TSE:LAC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported C($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Lithium Americas had a net margin of 1,429,488,235.29% and a negative return on equity of 8.92%. As a group, analysts predict that Lithium Americas Corp. will post 1.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Lithium Americas Company Profile

Lithium Americas is building Thacker Pass located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada. Phase 1 is designed for nominal production capacity of 40,000 tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate, and mechanical completion is targeted for late 2027. Thacker Pass hosts the largest known measured lithium resource (Measured and Indicated) in the world and is owned by a JV between Lithium Americas (holding a 62% interest), and GM (holding a 38% interest). Project financing for Phase 1 includes a $2.23 billion loan from the U.S.