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Lithium Americas (Lithium Americas) Net Current Asset Value

: $1.07 (As of Dec. 2023)
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In calculating the Net Current Asset Value (NCAV), Benjamin Graham means a company's current assets (such as cash, marketable securities, and inventories) minus its total liabilities (including preferred stock, minority interest, and long-term debt).

Lithium Americas's net current asset value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.07.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Americas's Net Current Asset Value or its related term are showing as below:

LAC' s Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.45   Med: 5.9   Max: 5.9
Current: 4.5

During the past 4 years, the highest Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value Ratio of Lithium Americas was 5.90. The lowest was 4.45. And the median was 5.90.

LAC's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value is ranked better than
54.45% of 1146 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 5 vs LAC: 4.50

Lithium Americas Net Current Asset Value Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas's Net Current Asset Value 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Net Current Asset Value
- -0.36 -0.42 1.07

Lithium Americas Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Net Current Asset Value Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.42 2.31 - 0.93 1.07

Competitive Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value 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 Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value Distribution

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas's Price-to-Net-Current-Asset-Value falls into.



Lithium Americas Net Current Asset Value Calculation

Lithium Americas's Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net Current Asset Value Per Share(A: Dec. 2023 )
=(Total Current Assets-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(205.883-32.038-0-0)/161.778
=1.07

Lithium Americas's Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Net Current Asset Value Per Share(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Total Current Assets-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest-Preferred Stock)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(205.883-32.038-0-0)/161.778
=1.07

* 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  (NYSE:LAC) Net Current Asset Value Explanation

Benjamin Graham first discussed net current asset value (NCAV) in the 1934 edition of "Security Analysis", which he coauthored with David Dodd. In the book, (net) current asset value is defined as:" current assets alone, minus all liabilities and claims ahead of the issue."

The common definition of NCAV is: NCAV = current assets – [total liabilities + minority interest + preferred stock]

Net current assets exclude not only the intangible assets but also the fixed and miscellaneous assets. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham’s strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their Net-Net Working Capital. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Lithium Americas (Lithium Americas) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
900 West Hastings Street, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1E5
Lithium Americas is a pure-play lithium producer. The firm owns one resource, Thacker Pass, that is located in northwest Nevada. Thacker Pass recently began construction and is expected to begin production in the mid-2020s. Thacker Pass is one of the largest known lithium resources in the world. The project would be the first clay-based asset to enter production, and we estimate it will be in bottom half of the global cost curve. Management plans to develop Thacker Pass into a fully integrated lithium production site, with downstream refining capabilities on site, and will sell into the lithium chemical market.

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