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Lynas Rare Earths

Materials

Lynas Rare Earths is the only significant producer of separated rare earth materials outside of China. They operate the Mt Weld mine in Western Australia and a processing plant in Malaysia, producing high-quality separated rare earth materials. Their products are used in various high-tech applications, including electronics, wind turbines, and electric vehicles.

Short position

short percentage11.53%
reported shorts116M
shares on issue1.007B

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX:LYC) has 11.53% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 116,030,370 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 1.50 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 1.85 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 13.80% in September 2012. LYC is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Price & short interest

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Lynas Rare Earths (LYC) financials

Results, ratios and statements

Latest result

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY26) vs FY25, figures in AUD, the reporting currency

Revenue
$977.9Mvs $542.7M (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
NPAT
$222.4Mvs $8.0M (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
EPS (diluted)
$0.22vs $0.009 (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
Rev YoY
+80.2%FY
EPS YoY
n/mTTM

HY to 31 Dec 2025: Rev +62.7% · EPS n/m vs the same half a year earlier

Key ratios

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY); balance sheet at 30 Jun 2026; prices to 9 Oct 2026

Gross margin
50.2%
Operating margin
25.6%
Net margin
22.7%
FCF margin
14.4%
ROE
7.6%
ROA
6.1%
FCF conversion
0.63×
Net cash (excl. leases)
$384.4M
Net debt / EBITDA
−0.9×
Current ratio
9.3×
Interest cover
16.9×
Cash dividends paid / net profit
n/a
Market cap
$12.49B
P/E
56.3×
P/B
3.6×

Ratios use the reporting currency (AUD); market cap is in AUD. Source: Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026.

Financial statements

Figures in AUD, the reporting currency; Yahoo Finance unless marked

LYC income, newest period first, figures in AUD
Line itemFY26FY25FY24FY23
Revenue$977.9M$542.7M$464.4M$787.1M
Gross profit$490.8M$179.2M$184.5M$440.9M
Operating income$250.8M$7.3M$71.4M$331.2M
EBITDA$409.5M$116.3M$171.2M$413.6M
EBIT$270.9M$21.3M$114.3M$351.4M
Interest expense$14.8M$11.6M$8.8M$3.6M
Pretax income$256.1M$9.7M$105.5M$347.8M
Tax$33.7M$1.7M$21.0M$37.2M
NPAT$222.4M$8.0M$84.5M$310.7M
Net interest income$8.7M$3.5M$30.3M$32.3M
EPS basic$0.22$0.009$0.090$0.34
EPS diluted$0.22$0.009$0.090$0.34
Shares1.01B935.4M934.7M933.8M