LAC (Lithium Americas) Cash-to-Debt : 79.21 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Lithium Americas Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Lithium Americas's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 79.21.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Lithium Americas could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

LAC' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 56.15 Max: 81.67
Current: 79.22

During the past 4 years, Lithium Americas's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 81.67. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 56.15.

LAC's Cash-to-Debt is ranked better than
58.4% of 2606 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 17.89 vs LAC: 79.22

Lithium Americas Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Lithium Americas Cash-to-Debt Chart

Lithium Americas Annual Data

Trend

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash-to-Debt

N/A

0.02

0.01

62.81

Lithium Americas Quarterly Data
	Dec20	Dec21	Mar22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							4.23	62.81	49.48	81.67	79.21

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Lithium Americas Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Lithium Americas's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	195.516	/	(0	+	3.113)
	=	62.81

Lithium Americas's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	341.163	/	(1.241	+	3.066)
	=	79.21

Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Lithium Americas Business Description

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Address

900 West Hastings Street, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1E5

Website

https://www.lithiumamericas.com

Lithium Americas is a pure-play lithium producer. The firm owns 62% of one resource, Thacker Pass, that is located in northwest Nevada, with automaker General Motors owning the remaining 38%. Thacker Pass recently began construction and is expected to begin production in the mid- to late 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.