In technical chart terms, LAC stock forecast 2025 is tracking near the 200-day moving average, with breakout potential above $20 signaled by RSI momentum. Investors highlight upcoming mine expansions as a key catalyst to monitor. Shares of Vancouver-based Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) spiked on Oct. 1 after the miner announced an agreement for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to acquire a five per cent equity stake in the company, plus a five per cent stake in its Thacker Pass lithium joint venture with General Motors Co. in Nevada. This allows LAC to get an advance of about US$435 million and delay US$182 million of debt service on a US$2.26 billion DOE loan. But several analysts were skeptical about the deal, with Bank of Montreal (BMO) analysts characterizing it as “the DOE is receiving essentially free stakes in Thacker Pass and LAC in return for loan repayment deferrals,” in a note. “It’s hard to spin this transaction as anything other than what it is: dilutive” for shareholders, Bank of Nova Scotia analyst Ben Isaacson wrote in a note. “We believe that the recent run-up in the stock price is overdone,” Canaccord Genuity Corp. Canada analysts wrote in a note to clients. Still, analysts maintained or raised their price targets. BMO raised its target price from US$3.50 to US$5. Canaccord Genuity maintained its price target at C$6.50. Stifel Nicolaus maintained its price target at C$7. Scotiabank maintained its price target at US$2.75. Wedbush Securities raised its price target from US$5 to US$8. On Friday, the company’s Toronto-listed stock closed at $12.64 and is up nearly 195 per cent this year. The importance of African supply to the future lithium market was also the topic at Claudia Cook’s presentation, "The Lithium Market Shift: China’s and Africa’s Role in Redefining Supply." The LAC stock forecast 2025 suggests revenue acceleration driven by expanded lithium carbonate production in Argentina, with Wall Street models indicating possible EPS growth above 15% year-over-year by mid-2025 amidst rising battery manufacturing contracts.