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Lithium Americas (Argentina) (TSX:LAAC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.50 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-06-09), Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s current share price is C$5.62. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$3.74. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.50.

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

TSX:LAAC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 5.03   Max: 15.52
Current: 1.5

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.

TSX:LAAC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
64.69% of 1637 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 0.88 vs TSX:LAAC: 1.50

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 C$6.891. 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 C$3.74 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
=5.62/3.74
=1.50

* 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)
=6.891/126.2576*126.2576
=6.891

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 0.690 98.604 0.884
201406 1.037 99.473 1.316
201409 0.973 99.394 1.236
201412 0.914 98.367 1.173
201503 0.922 99.789 1.167
201506 1.052 100.500 1.322
201509 1.516 100.421 1.906
201512 1.220 99.947 1.541
201603 1.192 101.054 1.489
201606 1.111 102.002 1.375
201609 1.046 101.765 1.298
201703 0.971 102.634 1.195
201706 1.427 103.029 1.749
201709 1.578 103.345 1.928
201712 1.570 103.345 1.918
201803 1.531 105.004 1.841
201806 1.457 105.557 1.743
201809 1.374 105.636 1.642
201812 1.246 105.399 1.493
201903 1.198 106.979 1.414
201906 1.121 107.690 1.314
201909 2.431 107.611 2.852
201912 2.340 107.769 2.741
202003 2.339 107.927 2.736
202006 2.154 108.401 2.509
202009 1.464 108.164 1.709
202012 2.416 108.559 2.810
202103 5.892 110.298 6.745
202106 5.539 111.720 6.260
202109 5.560 112.905 6.218
202112 5.681 113.774 6.304
202203 7.814 117.646 8.386
202206 7.724 120.806 8.073
202209 7.636 120.648 7.991
202212 7.887 120.964 8.232
202303 9.546 122.702 9.823
202306 10.361 124.203 10.532
202309 10.617 125.230 10.704
202312 6.921 125.072 6.987
202403 6.891 126.258 6.891

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)  (TSX: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) (TSX:LAAC) 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.
Executives
Juan Diego Lopez Casanello Director