The Lake Resources N.L. (ASX: LKE) share price is backtracking despite no new announcements from the company on Tuesday.
At the time of writing, the clean lithium developer's shares are trading at $1.83, down 8.04%.
Let's take a look at what could be driving the fall today.
What's down streaming the Lake Resources share price?
Investors are offloading Lake Resources shares after they reached a record high of $2.65 apiece on 4 April.
It appears there could be a mix of profit-taking along with weakened market sentiment affecting the ASX today.
Lake Resources shares quickly rose from the beginning of March when they were listed at 96 cents each. It's a huge difference in just over a month where the company's shares doubled in value amid hype surrounding the lithium space.
Furthermore, the S&P/ASX 300 Metals and Mining Industry (ASX: XMM) is down 0.44% at the time of writing. The index contains companies in the top 300 ASX companies involved with gold, steel, and precious metals.
Lastly, yesterday's announcement stating that Lake Resources will issue around 2.3 million shares will have diluted shareholder value.
The issue was pursuant to the exercise of options.
About the Lake Resources share price
Despite today's fall, Lake Resources has been one of the best places to invest in the past year.
While renewed investor sentiment within the lithium space has supported the share price, the company has been making significant tailwinds.
As a result, the Lake Resources share price has travelled 476% higher since this time last year and is up 82% in 2022 so far.
Based on valuation grounds, Lake Resources commands a market capitalisation of roughly $2.36 billion.
