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LAR (Lithium Argentina AG) PB Ratio : 0.41 (As of Mar. 04, 2025)


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What is Lithium Argentina AG PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-03-04), Lithium Argentina AG's share price is $2.09. Lithium Argentina AG's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $5.13. Hence, Lithium Argentina AG's PB Ratio of today is 0.41.

Good Sign:

Lithium Argentina AG stock PB Ratio (=0.43) is close to 10-year low of 0.43

The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Argentina AG's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LAR' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42   Med: 2.08   Max: 8.11
Current: 0.44

During the past 13 years, Lithium Argentina AG's highest PB Ratio was 8.11. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 2.08.

LAR's PB Ratio is ranked better than
85.11% of 2303 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.35 vs LAR: 0.44

During the past 12 months, Lithium Argentina AG's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -34.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 42.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 45.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 26.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Lithium Argentina AG was 65.80% per year. The lowest was -23.20% per year. And the median was 15.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Lithium Argentina AG PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Argentina AG's 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 Argentina AG PB Ratio Chart

Lithium Argentina AG Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 2.68 2.64 1.31 1.23

Lithium Argentina AG Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.87 1.23 1.06 0.63 0.64

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Argentina AG's PB Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Argentina AG's PB Ratio falls into.



Lithium Argentina AG PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Lithium Argentina AG's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=2.09/5.132
=0.41

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Lithium Argentina AG  (NYSE:LAR) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Lithium Argentina AG 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: Cauchari-Olaroz and Pastos Grandes. Cauchari-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.