Lithium Americas Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Lithium Americas has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 18.7%, while the Metals and Mining industry saw earnings growing at 13.7% annually.

Key information

18.7%

Earnings growth rate

53.1%

EPS growth rate

Metals and Mining Industry Growth	24.3%
Revenue growth rate	n/a
Return on equity	-5.0%
Net Margin	n/a
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Lithium Americas makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BASE:LAC Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 24	-33	31
30 Jun 24	-25	29
31 Mar 24	-8	28
31 Dec 23	-4	28
30 Sep 23	-15	38
30 Jun 23	-26	46
31 Mar 23	-57	55
31 Dec 22	-68	61
31 Dec 21	-47	44

Quality Earnings: LAC is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: LAC is currently unprofitable.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LAC is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 18.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare LAC's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: LAC is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Metals and Mining industry (17.4%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: LAC has a negative Return on Equity (-5.05%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 13:55
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Lithium Americas Corp. is covered by 17 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Joel Jackson	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Matthew Key	B. Riley Securities, Inc.
Lucas Pipes	B. Riley Securities, Inc.