Lithium Americas has a Cash Ratio of 7.96. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.
The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
TSX:LAC'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.21 Max: 7.96
Current: 7.96
During the past 4 years, Lithium Americas's highest Cash Ratio was 7.96. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.21.
TSX:LAC's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 81.61% of 2599
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.27
vs TSX:LAC: 7.96
Lithium Americas Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lithium Americas's Cash 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.
Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash 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's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio falls into.
Lithium Americas Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Lithium Americas's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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 (TSX:LAC) Cash Ratio Explanation
The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.
The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.
In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.
Lithium Americas Cash Ratio Related Terms
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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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