Thankfully, this Tuesday's session so far has seen a healthy rebound for ASX shares and the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO). At the time of writing, the ASX 200 has added 0.36% so far today, in a pleasing repudiation of yesterday's slightly negative start to the trading week. But let's talk about the Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX: SYA) share price.
Sayona shares are on fire today. This ASX 200 lithium stock is currently enjoying a healthy 6.67% lift, going from the 15 cents the company closed at yesterday to the 16 cents we are seeing at present. The 15 cents share price that we saw Sayona hit yesterday was also a new 52-week low for the company.
Monday's session was a painful one for investors. The Sayona share price ended up tanking by a nasty 11.76%. There wasn't any news out of the company itself that explains this share price drop. However, yesterday's trading saw most ASX lithium shares retreat significantly, following poorly-received guidance released by Sayona's fellow lithium traveller Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO).
This revealed that Core Lithium is expecting to see lower lithium production levels in FY2025 than in FY2024.
So today's convincing share price rebound will no doubt come as something of a relief for Sayona investors, especially the company's management.
Sayona share price rebounds after hitting new 52-week low
Sayona has seen some significant share acquisitions conducted by senior management over the past few months. Most significantly, Sayona CEO Brett Lynch acquired more than 30 million shares (worth just over $600,000) back in late April, thanks to the exercise of listed options.
The Sayona share price has gone on to lose around a quarter of its value in the months since then. So perhaps no one will be cheering Sayona shares' rise harder today than the company's own CEO.
But zooming out, the picture doesn't get any rosier. Even after today's rebound, the Sayona share price remains down by 15.8% year to date as well as over the past 12 months. This lithium stock has also lost almost 60% since its last all-time high of close to 40 cents a share that we saw back in April 2022, as you can see below:
As such, no doubt Sayona investors are hoping that today's share price bounce is the first of many. But we'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.
