GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Metals & Mining » Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp (TSX:LAAC) » Definitions » Cash Ratio

Lithium Americas (Argentina) (TSX:LAAC) Cash Ratio : 0.40 (As of Mar. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2008. Start your Free Trial

What is Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.40.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a Cash Ratio of 0.40. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

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

TSX:LAAC' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 8.93   Max: 98.19
Current: 0.4

During the past 13 years, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s highest Cash Ratio was 98.19. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 8.93.

TSX:LAAC's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
67.75% of 2595 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.12 vs TSX:LAAC: 0.40

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lithium Americas (Argentina)'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.

* Premium members only.

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Cash Ratio Chart

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.58 16.91 61.84 17.92 8.39

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
Cash 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 9.93 9.61 3.00 8.39 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'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 (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio falls into.



Lithium Americas (Argentina) 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 (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=164.068/19.559
=8.39

Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=116.679/290.734
=0.40

* 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)  (TSX:LAAC) 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 (Argentina) Cash Ratio Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s Cash Ratio provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


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