Lithia Motors, Inc.
General ticker "LAD" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Dealerships
- Capitalization: $8.2B (TTM average)
Lithia Motors, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 25.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 364.67$, high 374.25$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-07, amount 0.70$ (Y0.75%)
- Total employees count: 30000 (0.0%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 78.0% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Market demand decline, Manufacturing supply issues, Market competition, Regulatory and compliance
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [261.89$, 390.57$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [267.48$, 400.05$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LAD estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 10.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 4.23
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.08 <= 0.27
- Positive: 0.01 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.05
- Positive: 0.28 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 4.14
- Negative: Interest expense per share per price, % of 5.85 > 3.34
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.08 <= 0
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.18
- Positive: 18.97 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 26.30 <= 42.26
- Positive: -14.39 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -11.94
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Long-term LAD plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $30,996.40MM | $36,196.60MM | $37,709.50MM |
| Operating Expenses | $29,304.00MM | $34,628.00MM | $36,114.80MM |
| Operating Income | $1,692.40MM | $1,568.60MM | $1,594.70MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-330.10MM | $-497.30MM | $-486.30MM |
| Interest Expense | $352.10MM | $536.60MM | $503.70MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,362.30MM | $1,071.30MM | $1,108.40MM |
| Taxes | $350.60MM | $255.00MM | $282.50MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $1,000.80MM | $802.00MM | $819.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $6,213.90MM | $6,650.20MM | $6,603.20MM |
| Inventory | $4,753.90MM | $5,911.70MM | $6,119.60MM |
| Assets | $19,632.50MM | $23,122.60MM | $25,107.20MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-472.40MM | $425.10MM | $356.70MM |
| Capital expenditure | $230.20MM | $351.40MM | $350.90MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,270.30MM | $-1,854.40MM | $-1,027.90MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $2,409.80MM | $907.60MM | $612.10MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $36.39 | $29.70 | $32.40 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.