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Lithium Argentina AG LAR

$5.37 −$0.21 (-3.76%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:40 am ET · After hours $5.37 +0.01%
Open$5.42
Prev close$5.58
Day range$5.34 – $5.48
Volume1.24M
Market cap$881.22M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership46.8%-0.29 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding198-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)0 buys / 2 sellsNet selling
Short interest3.82% of floatDays to cover 3.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

20%25%30%36%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.36M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.0MSuper−$1.3MBig−$1.0MMid+$177.2KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 25.2% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd.9.63%
  • Van Eck Associates Corporation5.56%
  • D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.3.57%
  • Millennium Management LLC3.42%
  • Jane Street Group, LLC3.05%
  • Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.2.34%
  • Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd2.32%
  • George Ireland2.27%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund20.06%
  • Hedge Fund11.42%
  • Public Company10.75%
  • Individual/Insider5.98%
  • Private Company4.15%
  • VC/PE Fund0.24%
  • Family Office/Trust0.18%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.01%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.35% to 3.82% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +3,664,179 3.4%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,993,428 3.6%
Jane Street Group, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +2,982,284 3.0%
Firetrail Investments Pty Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,134,056 1.3%
Merewether Investment Management LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,540,027 0.9%
L1 Capital Pty. Limited Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,369,956 0.8%
Hudson River Trading LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +913,242 0.6%
Keystone Investors Pte. Ltd. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +403,083 0.2%
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +260,331 2.3%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +253,451 0.3%
Walleye Capital LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +232,281 0.2%
Anson Group Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +200,000 0.1%
XTX Markets Limited Private Company 2026/Q3 +196,228 0.1%
Driehaus Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +194,911 0.1%
Orion Resource Partners (USA), L.P. VC/PE Fund 2026/Q3 +175,415 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
3 Nov 2023 Pablo Mercado Chief Financial Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -26,220 $6.39 –
19 Oct 2023 Jonathan Evans Chief Executive Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -108,305 $6.44 –

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 6,276,622 3.8% 3.0
31 Aug 2026 4,913,691 3.0% 2.5
14 Aug 2026 4,741,478 2.9% 2.1
31 Jul 2026 5,147,182 3.1% 2.6
15 Jul 2026 5,480,087 3.3% 4.3
30 Jun 2026 5,490,801 3.4% 2.8

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