Lithium Americas Corp [NewCo] [LAC] is -39.06% lower this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) [NYSE: LAC] plunged by -$0.14 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $3.90.

Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) stock has also gained 4.28% of its value over the past 7 days. However, LAC stock has inclined by 53.54% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 16.42% and lost -39.06% year-on date.

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The market cap for LAC stock reached $850.20 million, with 218.00 million shares outstanding and 186.45 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.42M shares, LAC reached a trading volume of 4693155 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Lithium Americas Corp [NewCo] [LAC]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LAC shares is $5.36 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LAC stock is a recommendation set at 1.71. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

National Bank Financial have made an estimate for Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on October 17, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Piper Sandler raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on July 29, 2024, representing the official price target for Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $15 to $7, while Scotiabank kept a Sector Perform rating on LAC stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) is set at 0.31 The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.29, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.56.

LAC stock trade performance evaluation

Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) [LAC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.28. With this latest performance, LAC shares dropped by -5.80% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 16.42% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -41.35% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LAC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 53.47, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 51.33, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 54.81 for Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo) [LAC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 3.33, while it was recorded at 3.89 for the last single week of trading, and 3.79 for the last 200 days.

Lithium Americas Corp [NewCo] [LAC]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Lithium Americas Corp (NewCo)’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 13.88 and a Current Ratio set at 13.88.

Lithium Americas Corp [NewCo] [LAC]: Institutional Ownership