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Lithium Americas (TSX:LAC) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -5.93% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lithium Americas Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Lithium Americas's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-32.53 Mil. Lithium Americas's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$548.44 Mil. Therefore, Lithium Americas's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -5.93%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:LAC' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.14   Med: -2.11   Max: -2.11
Current: -5.14

During the past 4 years, Lithium Americas's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was -2.11%. The lowest was -5.14%. And the median was -2.11%.

TSX:LAC's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
68.72% of 2471 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: -16.54 vs TSX:LAC: -5.14

Lithium Americas Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Lithium Americas Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
- - - -2.11

Lithium Americas Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.08 - -0.27 -14.67 -5.93

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Lithium Americas Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Lithium Americas's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-5.278/( (-46.755+546.651 )/ 2 )
=-5.278/249.948
=-2.11 %

Lithium Americas's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-32.528/( (546.651+550.228)/ 2 )
=-32.528/548.4395
=-5.93 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Lithium Americas  (TSX:LAC) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Lithium Americas (TSX:LAC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
900 West Hastings Street, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1E5
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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