Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC)Basic Materials | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | Vancouver, Canada | NYSE
4.84 USD
-0.03
(-0.616%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 4.89 +0.05 (1.025%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:26 p.m. EDT
LAC is a volatile, high-risk speculative play dragged down by negative earnings metrics and diluted outlooks (target lowered to $5), making it unsuitable for defensive or value-seeking investors. While short-term speculators are positioning for a rebound to the $5 level based on bullish options flow, the fundamental fundamentals (negative P/E, high beta of 3.05) and recent downward pressure on analyst targets suggest the current 4.84 price is a trap for buyers lacking a multi-year lithium super-cycle conviction. Avoid until fundamental production targets are clearly met and earnings turn positive. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.320567 |
| AutoETS | 0.328807 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.330435 |
| MSTL | 0.348923 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 57% |
| H-stat | 2.33 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.663 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.02 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 33.763 |
| Market Cap | 1,681,268,864 |
| Forward P/E | -26.40 |
| Beta | 3.06 |
| Website | https://www.lithiumamericas.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:26 p.m. EDT: Options flow demonstrates net call buying with heavy activity in the $4.50-$5.00 range (ATM and slightly OTM) across the immediate monthlies (April, May), suggesting a bullish bias from speculators. However, total put volume remains significantly lower than call volume, indicating limited hedging for the short term. Unusual flow appears in the long calls (August 2026) at the $10.00 strike, hinting at multi-month upside expectations, though resistance is likely met before there. Implied volatility is low across the board (0.68-0.85), suggesting the market is not pricing in a immediate crisis but rather maintains a tense sentiment due to the earnings date and recent price volatility.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.8059702 |
| Address1 | 3,260 – 666 Burrard Stree |
| All Time High | 12.38 |
| All Time Low | 2.02 |
| Ask | 4.87 |
| Ask Size | 9,800 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.7 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 7,110,520 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 10,623,629 |
| Average Volume | 10,623,629 |
| Average Volume10Days | 7,110,520 |
| Beta | 3.057 |
| Bid | 4.83 |
| Bid Size | 13,100 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 3.368 |
| City | Vancouver |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | Canada |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.84 |
| Current Ratio | 5.156 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 5.03 |
| Day Low | 4.83 |
| Debt To Equity | 33.763 |
| Display Name | Lithium Americas |
| Dividend Date | 1,510,099,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,923,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Ebitda | -52,795,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -41.228 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,176,640,000 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.18667 |
| Eps Forward | -0.18333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.5 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.4458 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.39420033 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.08866803 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 80.597015 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 10.52 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5.6800003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.53992397 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.47 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.3700001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9595142 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.47 - 10.52 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,696,253,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 322,095,000 |
| Forward Eps | -0.18333 |
| Forward P E | -26.40048 |
| Free Cashflow | -1,006,827,648 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 94 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.071440004 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.29054 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 347,369,613 |
| Industry | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Disp | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Key | other-industrial-metals-mining |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Lithium Americas Corp. focuses on developing, building, and operating of lithium deposits and chemical processing facilities in the United States and Canada. The company's flagship asset is the Thacker Pass project located in the McDermitt Caldera in Humboldt County, northern Nevada, as well as invests in exploration properties in the United States and Canada. Lithium Americas Corp. was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. |
| Long Name | Lithium Americas Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,681,268,864 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1814365001 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -122,087,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,680,866,096 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 5.03 |
| Operating Cashflow | -61,222,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 778 656 5820 |
| Post Market Change | 0.049599648 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.0247861 |
| Post Market Price | 4.8896 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,341 |
| Previous Close | 4.87 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -25.928108 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.4370546 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.237 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.72727 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0299997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.616011 |
| Regular Market Day High | 5.03 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.83 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.83 - 5.03 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.03 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.87 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.84 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 10,680,380 |
| Return On Assets | -0.018229999 |
| Return On Equity | -0.06814 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 347,369,613 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0757 |
| Shares Short | 26,310,507 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 25,081,677 |
| Short Name | Lithium Americas Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0761 |
| Short Ratio | 3.38 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | BC |
| Symbol | LAC |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 4.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.1 |
| Target Median Price | 5.1 |
| Total Cash | 568,225,984 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.636 |
| Total Debt | 535,702,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.5 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 4.6007 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.23930025 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.05201388 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 10,680,380 |
| Website | https://www.lithiumamericas.com |
| Zip | V6C 2X8 |