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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (Lithium Americas (Argentina)) Quick Ratio : 0.46 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.46.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a quick ratio of 0.46. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LAAC' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46   Med: 9.93   Max: 98.92
Current: 0.46

During the past 13 years, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s highest Quick Ratio was 98.92. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 9.93.

LAAC's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
76.62% of 2682 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.645 vs LAAC: 0.46

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quick Ratio Chart

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.12 17.63 64.51 18.13 9.16

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.00 10.13 12.43 9.16 0.46

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio falls into.



Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(133.575-0)/14.579
=9.16

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(98.794-0)/214.786
=0.46

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Lithium Americas (Argentina)  (NYSE:LAAC) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (Lithium Americas (Argentina)) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
900 West Hastings Street, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1E5
Lithium Argentina is a pure-play lithium producer. The company owns two neighboring lithium brine resources in northwest Argentina: Chauchari-Olaroz and Pastos Grandes. Chauchari-Olaroz entered production in 2023, while Pastos Grandes is still in development. Lithium Argentina plans for both resources to be fully integrated with onside downstream processing capabilities and will sell into the lithium chemical market.

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