LAC
Lithium Americas Corp. · Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$2.07
-1.43% today · -5.05% 1W
Oct 23 close or latest
After hours $2.07 -0.03% ·
Best and worst times to own LAC in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 24, 2025 | +95.8% | #2 | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 | -21.7% | #12 |
| one week | Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | +128.9% | #2 | Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 21, 2025 | -30.9% | #10 |
| one month | Sep 12, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | +251.4% | #1 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | -55.6% | #1 |
| 3 months | Jul 14, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | +251.4% | #6 | Apr 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | -49.9% | #5 |
| 6 months | Apr 14, 2025 | Oct 14, 2025 | +269.5% | #12 | Apr 22, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | -57.8% | #5 |
| one year | Oct 23, 2024 | Oct 14, 2025 | +216.0% | #30 | Oct 14, 2025 | Oct 14, 2026 | -79.4% | #1 |
Rank #2 for the best one week means 1 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
Best one single day Sep 23, 2025 → Sep 24, 2025 +95.8% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
Best one week Sep 18, 2025 → Sep 25, 2025 +128.9% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
Best one month Sep 12, 2025 → Oct 14, 2025 +251.4% · 3 events
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
- M Mention spike 49 mentions vs 7.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 5.0x average volume, +23.3% on the day
Best 3 months Jul 14, 2025 → Oct 14, 2025 +251.4% · 5 events
- M Mention spike 20 mentions vs 6.0/day the week before
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.01 vs consensus · -3.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
- M Mention spike 49 mentions vs 7.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 5.0x average volume, +23.3% on the day
Best 6 months Apr 14, 2025 → Oct 14, 2025 +269.5% · 7 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · +2.6% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.2x average volume, +7.5% on the day
- M Mention spike 20 mentions vs 6.0/day the week before
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.01 vs consensus · -3.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
- M Mention spike 49 mentions vs 7.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 5.0x average volume, +23.3% on the day
Best one year Oct 23, 2024 → Oct 14, 2025 +216.0% · 9 events
- V Volume spike 3.7x average volume, +8.9% on the day
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.01 vs consensus · -5.9% reaction
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · +2.6% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.2x average volume, +7.5% on the day
- M Mention spike 20 mentions vs 6.0/day the week before
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.01 vs consensus · -3.0% reaction
- V Volume spike 9.7x average volume, -7.0% on the day
- M Mention spike 49 mentions vs 7.6/day the week before
- V Volume spike 5.0x average volume, +23.3% on the day
Worst one single day Oct 15, 2025 → Oct 16, 2025 -21.7% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 31 mentions vs 5.1/day the week before
Worst one week Oct 14, 2025 → Oct 21, 2025 -30.9% · 1 event
- M Mention spike 31 mentions vs 5.1/day the week before
Worst one month Oct 14, 2025 → Nov 14, 2025 -55.6% · 2 events
- M Mention spike 31 mentions vs 5.1/day the week before
- E Earnings beat 3Q2025 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · -5.5% reaction
Worst 3 months Apr 30, 2026 → Jul 31, 2026 -49.9% · 4 events
- V Volume spike 3.1x average volume, +15.8% on the day
- E Earnings beat 1Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · -6.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, +4.4% on the day
- V Volume spike 3.5x average volume, -6.7% on the day
Worst 6 months Apr 22, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026 -57.8% · 5 events
- V Volume spike 3.1x average volume, +15.8% on the day
- E Earnings beat 1Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · -6.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, +4.4% on the day
- V Volume spike 3.5x average volume, -6.7% on the day
- E Earnings beat 2Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · +5.2% reaction
Worst one year Oct 14, 2025 → Oct 14, 2026 -79.4% · 8 events
- M Mention spike 31 mentions vs 5.1/day the week before
- E Earnings beat 3Q2025 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · -5.5% reaction
- E Earnings miss 4Q2025 · EPS −$0.20 vs consensus · -6.3% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.1x average volume, +15.8% on the day
- E Earnings beat 1Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · -6.2% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.4x average volume, +4.4% on the day
- V Volume spike 3.5x average volume, -6.7% on the day
- E Earnings beat 2Q2026 · EPS +$0.02 vs consensus · +5.2% reaction
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 23, 2026 |
-1.4% | -5.0% | -28.6% | -28.9% | -56.1% | -68.1% |
| Best one single day Sep 23, 2025 |
-7.0% | -4.7% | +10.0% | +19.9% | +2.0% | +32.9% |
| Best one week Sep 18, 2025 |
-1.2% | +13.4% | +9.9% | +21.5% | +6.3% | +37.6% |
| Best one month Sep 12, 2025 |
+0.7% | -1.0% | +0.4% | +8.7% | -1.0% | +15.8% |
| Best 3 months Jul 14, 2025 |
+0.4% | +9.6% | +7.9% | +5.1% | -12.8% | +3.6% |
| Best 6 months Apr 14, 2025 |
+0.7% | +3.8% | -6.2% | -17.1% | -3.2% | -61.6% |
| Best one year Oct 23, 2024 |
-4.5% | -3.3% | +37.7% | +12.4% | -32.1% | -52.8% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.