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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (Lithium Americas (Argentina)) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.37 (As of Jun. 16, 2024)


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What is Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-16), Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s current share price is $3.79. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.77. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.37.

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

LAAC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 5.03   Max: 15.52
Current: 1.4

During the past years, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 15.52. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 5.03.

LAAC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
65.58% of 1633 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs LAAC: 1.40

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.091. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $2.77 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB 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) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.29 4.82 8.29 3.99 2.35

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
Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 4.16 3.46 2.74 2.35 1.95

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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



Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=3.79/2.77
=1.37

* 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)'s Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=5.091/126.2576*126.2576
=5.091

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 0.621 98.604 0.795
201406 0.958 99.473 1.216
201409 0.884 99.394 1.123
201412 0.793 98.367 1.018
201503 0.731 99.789 0.925
201506 0.851 100.500 1.069
201509 1.143 100.421 1.437
201512 0.890 99.947 1.124
201603 0.901 101.054 1.126
201606 0.861 102.002 1.066
201609 0.798 101.765 0.990
201703 0.725 102.634 0.892
201706 1.073 103.029 1.315
201709 1.285 103.345 1.570
201712 1.229 103.345 1.501
201803 1.184 105.004 1.424
201806 1.110 105.557 1.328
201809 1.054 105.636 1.260
201812 0.927 105.399 1.110
201903 0.896 106.979 1.057
201906 0.843 107.690 0.988
201909 1.836 107.611 2.154
201912 1.777 107.769 2.082
202003 1.675 107.927 1.959
202006 1.589 108.401 1.851
202009 1.107 108.164 1.292
202012 1.886 108.559 2.193
202103 4.687 110.298 5.365
202106 4.533 111.720 5.123
202109 4.388 112.905 4.907
202112 4.439 113.774 4.926
202203 6.172 117.646 6.624
202206 6.033 120.806 6.305
202209 5.724 120.648 5.990
202212 5.806 120.964 6.060
202303 6.976 122.702 7.178
202306 7.799 124.203 7.928
202309 7.846 125.230 7.910
202312 5.159 125.072 5.208
202403 5.091 126.258 5.091

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lithium Americas (Argentina)  (NYSE:LAAC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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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