Consumer Discretionary / Auto & Truck DealershipsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Market cap

6.7B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E8.2

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/E10.2

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROE10.9

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC5.2

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All LAD market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 260 of 260 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001023128
Company name	Lithia Motors, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	536797103
Employees	30,000
Employees Change	2,554%
Employees Change Percent	9.31
Enterprise value	$22.7B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Auto & Truck Dealerships
IPO Date	1996-12-18
Isin	US5367971034
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$6.7B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$294
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	1,257,600x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5500
Symbol	LAD
Website	https://www.lithia.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	10.6%
EV Earnings	31.91x
EV Sales Forward	0.58x
EV/EBIT	14.58x
EV/EBITDA	12.02x
EV/Sales	0.6x
FCF yield	-6.76%
Forward P/E	8.23x
P/B ratio	1.05x
P/E ratio	10.19x
P/S ratio	0.18x
PE Ratio10 Y	9.98x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.19x
PE Ratio5 Y	8.48x
PEG ratio	0.55x
PS Forward	0.17x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	4.12%
EBITDA Margin	5%
Gross margin	15.45%
Gross Profit	$5.8B
Gross Profit Growth	2.98%
Gross Profit Growth Q	1.41%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	4.85%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	18.63%
Net Income	$710.5M
Net Income Growth	-15.78%
Net Income Growth Q	-52.08%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-14.52%
Net Income Growth5 Y	4.13%
Pretax Margin	2.56%
Profit Margin	1.88%
Profit Per Employee	$23,683
Profitable Years	17
ROA	3.95
Roa5y	7.1
ROCE	8.86
ROE	10.87
Roe5y	19.41
ROIC	5.21
Roic5y	9.69

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	14.42%
Cagr15y	22.15%
Cagr1y	0.3%
Cagr20y	13.02%
Cagr3y	11.66%
Cagr5y	-4.35%
Div CAGR10	10.08%
Div CAGR3	8.05%
Div CAGR5	11.64%
EPS Growth	-8.48
EPS Growth Q	-46.1
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-10.97
EPS Growth5 Y	4.4
Revenue Growth	2.51x
Revenue Growth Q	1.01x
Revenue Growth Quarters	23x
Revenue Growth Years	16x
Revenue Growth3 Y	9.85x
Revenue Growth5 Y	20.81x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.53
Assets	$25.7B
Cash	$163.2M
Current Assets	$8.2B
Current Liabilities	$8.2B
Debt	$16.1B
Debt EBITDA	$7.05
Debt Equity	$2.52
Equity	$6.4B
Interest Coverage	3.06
Liabilities	$19.3B
Long Term Assets	$17.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$11.1B
Net Cash	$-16B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-238
Net Debt EBITDA	$8.46
Net Debt Equity	$2.49
Tangible Book Value	$1.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$50.1
WACC	4.96

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.99
Inventory Turnover	5.36
Net Working Capital	$6.3B
Quick ratio	0.17
Working Capital	$-47.9M
Working Capital Turnover	$66.42

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	8.02%
Dividend Growth	3.74%
Dividend Growth Years	12%
Dividend per share	$2.28
Dividend Years	17
Dividend Yield	0.78%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-08
Last Dividend	$0.57
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	7.69%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	284.63%
1Y total return	0.3%
200-day SMA	306
3Y total return	39.24%
50-day SMA	268.3
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-19.95%
All Time High	418
All Time High Change	-29.66%
All Time High Date	2021-03-17
All Time Low	1.53
All Time Low Change	19,115.03%
All Time Low Date	2008-10-27
ATR	9.69
Beta	1.28
Beta1y	1.36
Beta2y	0.99
Ch YTD	-11.54
High	294.1
High52	360.6
High52 Date	2025-12-11
High52ch	-18.46%
Low	289.2
Low52	239.8
Low52 Date	2026-03-19
Low52ch	22.61%
Ma50ch	9.56%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-3.92%
RSI	63.86
RSI Monthly	48.61
RSI Weekly	49.33
Sharpe ratio	0.05x
Sortino ratio	0.24
Total Return	8.8%
Tr YTD	-11.18
Tr15y	1,912.32%
Tr1m	12.63%
Tr1w	1.26%
Tr3m	-14.25%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	9
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$358
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$6.9
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-9.92
Earnings Revenue Estimate	9,249,663,688x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	0.78x
Operating Income	$1.6B
Operating Income Growth	-5.25
Operating Income Growth Q	-17.69
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-5.34
Operating Income Growth5 Y	12.72
Operating margin	4.12
Price target	$368
Price Target Change	$25.21
Price Target Change Top	$21.66

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	19,986,940%
Float Percent	87.64%
Net Borrowing	2,384,100,000
Shares Insiders	1.31%
Shares Institutions	102.78%
Shares Out	22,805,820
Shares Qo Q	-2.09%
Shares Yo Y	-8.02%
Short Float	12.7%
Short Ratio	7.33
Short Shares	11.13

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-510.5M
Average Volume	302,288.7x
Bv Per Share	280
CAPEX	$-379.3M
Ch10y	252.8
Ch15y	1,653.1
Ch1m	12.41
Ch1w	1.06
Ch1y	-0.66
Ch20y	782.9
Ch3m	-14.6
Ch3y	35.91
Ch5y	-22.62
Ch6m	0.25
Change	1.19%
Change From Open	0.58
Close	290.5
Days Gap	0.61
Depreciation Amortization	332,200,000
Dollar Volume	48,170,261.5
Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$1.6B
EBITDA	$1.9B
EPS	$28.86
F Score	3
FCF	$-453.1M
FCF EV Yield	-2x
FCF Per Share	$-19.87
Financing CF	1,217,100,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,946
Goodwill	2,455,100,000
Graham Number	426.42737
Graham Upside	45.05
Income Tax	$249.2M
Investing CF	-1,151,300,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-25
Lynch Fair Value	$144
Lynch Upside	-50.91
Ma150	301.9
Ma150ch	-2.61%
Ma20	282.9
Ma20ch	3.9%
Net CF	-5,400,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Open	292.3
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-05-22
Position In Range	98.14
Ppne	5,702,600,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$3.55
Ptbv Ratio	5.87
Relative Volume	0.54x
Revenue	37,728,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.15x
Share Based Comp	57,400,000
Tax By Revenue	0.66x
Tax Rate	25.8%
Tr20y	1,056.93%
Tr6m	0.65%
Us State	Oregon
Volume	163,850
Z Score	2.25

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

LAD dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+0.8%

$2.28 annual per share

Payout ratio

+7.7%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+11.6%

12 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+8.8%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-08

Performance

LAD stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns LAD?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+102.8%

Float: +87.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+1.3%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

LAD momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

63.9

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-3.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.28

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.05

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

LAD vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	Aanhouden
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	Verminderen
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	Kopen

Questions

About LAD

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What is the current LAD stock rating?

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