Lithium Americas Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 4/6
Lithium Americas has a total shareholder equity of $1.9B and total debt of $855.8M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 45.6%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $3.1B and $1.2B respectively.
Key information
45.60%
Debt to equity ratio
US$855.81m
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | n/a |
| Cash | US$758.51m |
| Equity | US$1.88b |
| Total liabilities | US$1.24b |
| Total assets | US$3.11b |
Recent financial health updates
Here's Why We're Watching Lithium Americas' (TSE:LAC) Cash Burn Situation
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Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: LAC's short term assets ($1.2B) exceed its short term liabilities ($164.7M).
Long Term Liabilities: LAC's short term assets ($1.2B) exceed its long term liabilities ($1.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: LAC's net debt to equity ratio (5.2%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: LAC had negative shareholder equity 5 years ago, but is now positive and has therefore improved.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: LAC has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: LAC has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 54% each year
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/05/15 20:24 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/05/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Lithium Americas Corp. is covered by 15 analysts. 6 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 |
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| Joel Jackson | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |
| Katie Lachapelle | Canaccord Genuity |
| Corinne Blanchard | Deutsche Bank |