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Lithium Argentina AG

LAR
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Also trades as: LAR.TO
Price
$5.85
-0.23 (-3.70%)
Market Cap
$958.4M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
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We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+36.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 118.8M (2021) → 162.2M (2025)

Lithium Argentina AG is a mining company focused on producing lithium from salt flats in Argentina. Lithium is a key ingredient in the batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company's main asset is the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine project, located in the high-altitude Jujuy province of Argentina, one of the world's richest lithium-producing regions known as the "Lithium Triangle."

The company makes money by extracting lithium brine and processing it into lithium carbonate, which it sells to battery manufacturers and chemical companies. It operates entirely in Argentina and is a relatively small producer still in the early stages of ramping up commercial output. Its location in a high-quality lithium deposit gives it a resource advantage, but the business faces real risks including volatile lithium prices, which have fallen sharply in recent years, as well as Argentina's historically unstable economic and regulatory environment.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

+233.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

15.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$741M cash & investments at current burn rate

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Quality

Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
ROCE
-1.1%
Weak — -1.1% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.31
Conservative — low debt load (0.31)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
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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