Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $823M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

Lithium Americas

LAC

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Also trades as: LAC.TO

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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The full picture

Lithium Americas Corp. is a mining development company focused on producing lithium, a metal used to make batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Its main asset is the Thacker Pass project in Nevada, which is one of the largest known lithium deposits in the United States. The company does not yet sell products — it is still building its mine and has not started commercial production.

Lithium Americas currently generates no revenue. It funds operations through equity raises and has received a significant loan commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy to help finance Thacker Pass construction. The company's potential competitive advantage is owning a large, domestic lithium resource at a time when the U.S. government wants to reduce dependence on foreign battery materials. The key risk is that mine construction is expensive and complex, and delays or cost overruns could strain the company's finances before it ever ships its first pound of lithium.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+117.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

11.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~7 months

$823M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Lithium Americas has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-1.9%

Weak — -1.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

N/A

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Data not available

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.80

Moderate — manageable debt (0.80)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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