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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) PS Ratio : 2.56 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Arcadium Lithium PS Ratio?

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Arcadium Lithium's share price is $4.68. Arcadium Lithium's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.83. Hence, Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio for today is 2.56.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ALTM' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.87   Med: 5.25   Max: 13.03
Current: 2.56

During the past 7 years, Arcadium Lithium's highest PS Ratio was 13.03. The lowest was 1.87. And the median was 5.25.

ALTM's PS Ratio is ranked worse than
70.14% of 1527 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.46 vs ALTM: 2.56

Arcadium Lithium's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.42. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.83.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Arcadium Lithium was 17.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 15.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.

During the past 7 years, Arcadium Lithium's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 15.00% per year. The lowest was -13.00% per year. And the median was 3.05% per year.

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Arcadium Lithium PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arcadium Lithium's PS 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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Arcadium Lithium PS Ratio Chart

Arcadium Lithium Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.98 3.22 9.56 10.69 4.92

Arcadium Lithium Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
PS 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 8.21 4.92 4.84 6.10 4.18

Competitive Comparison of Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS 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.


Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio falls into.



Arcadium Lithium PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Arcadium Lithium's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=4.68/1.829
=2.56

Arcadium Lithium's Share Price of today is $4.68.
Arcadium Lithium's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.83.

* 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:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Arcadium Lithium  (NYSE:ALTM) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) Business Description

Address
1818 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
Arcadium Lithium is a pure-play lithium producer that was formed in the Allkem-Livent merger in January 2024. Arcadium should benefit from increased lithium demand via higher electric vehicle adoption, as lithium is a key component of EV batteries. The company's low-cost lithium carbonate production comes from two brine resources in Argentina. Arcadium also produces spodumene, a hard rock lithium upstream concentrate, from a mine in Australia and operates downstream lithium hydroxide conversion plants in the United States and China.
Executives
Gilberto Antoniazzi officer: Vice President and CFO LIVENT CORPORATION, C/O FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Paul W Graves director, officer: President and CEO 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Christina Lampe-onnerud director C/O FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., 3 GREAT PASTURE ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Pablo Marcet director C/O GEO LOGIC SA, PASCUAL, FICHERA Y, ASOC., CERRITO 1070, PISO 8, BUENOS AIRES C1 1010
Ronald B Stark officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O NRG ENERGY, INC., 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Nicholas Pfeiffer officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
G Peter Daloia director
Steven T Merkt director 1050 WESTLAKES DRIVE, BERWYN PA 19312
Michael F Barry director ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 HECTOR ST, CONSHOHOCHEN PA 19428
Pierre R Brondeau director ROHAM AND HAAS CO, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Robert C Pallash director 17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
Andrea E Utecht director 1735 MARKET ST, 15TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Fmc Corp 10 percent owner 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Sara Ponessa officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O LIVENT CORP., 1818 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas Schneberger officer: Vice President and COO C/O FMC CORP, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104