Lithium Americas (LAC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2025)

Lithium Americas' (LAC) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$221.1 million in Q4 2025, down 297.16% year-on-year from $112.2 million in Q4 2024, and up 20.02% quarter-over-quarter from -$276.5 million in Q3 2025.

Lithium Americas (LAC) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lithium Americas has disclosed Retained Earnings across 5 years of filings, most recently posting -$221.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 came in at -$221.1 million, down 297.16% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$221.1 million (down 297.16% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$221.1 million, down 297.16% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$221.1 million for Q4 2025 at Lithium Americas, up from -$276.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of -$13.2 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$276.5 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$135.7 million (2021), against an average of -$145.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings surged 94.95% in 2023 and slumped 323.31% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Lithium Americas' Retained Earnings stood at -$192.6 million in 2021, then sank by 35.2% to -$260.4 million in 2022, then soared by 94.95% to -$13.2 million in 2023, then plunged by 323.31% to -$55.7 million in 2024, then plunged by 297.16% to -$221.1 million in 2025.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$221.1 million (Q4 2025), -$276.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$78.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Elevra Lithium 556.97 Bn 556.92 Bn - -492,493.13
2 Bhp 421.29 Bn 411.77 Bn - 91.00 Mn
3 Skeena Resources 17.36 Bn 17.34 Bn - -666.79 Mn
4 Ioneer 10.78 Bn 10.76 Bn - -5.30 Mn
5 MP Materials 10.54 Bn 7.94 Bn 16.40 Mn -42,000.00
6 Iperionx 8.57 Bn 8.52 Bn - -144.00 Mn
7 Materion 4.58 Bn 4.57 Bn 81.84 Mn 928.80 Mn
8 Sigma Lithium 4.36 Bn 4.36 Bn 25.57 Mn -13.52 Mn
9 Americas Gold & Silver 4.00 Bn 3.87 Bn 16.76 Mn -668.75 Mn
10 Lithium Americas 1.10 Bn 726.06 Mn - -221.15 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -221.15 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -276.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -78.83 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -66.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -55.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -13.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -260.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -192.63 Mn