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Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)

Consumer Cyclical | Auto & Truck Dealerships | Medford, United States | NYSE
317.96 USD +4.22 (1.345%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 317.96

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:04 a.m. EDT

Lithia Motors presents a classic cyclical dilemma: a top-tier franchise with a nine-year price trajectory up nearly 350% is currently weighed down by high leverage and contracting earnings. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 7.7x, the business is generating minimal revenue growth and thin profit margins, which caps the long-term ceiling despite the strong historical track record. Short-term sentiment is conflicted; the stock trades above its key moving averages, yet options flow reveals significant defensive positioning against a drop below 280. Investors should view this as a recovery play rather than a momentum trade, acknowledging that the balance sheet remains a liability until deleveraging accelerates.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_126 ✓0.030054
MSTL_55_1260.035408
MSTL0.044453
AutoARIMA0.044670
AutoETS0.044671
AutoTheta0.044713
MSTL_550.048054

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_126

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 0.70
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.712
Excess Kurtosis -0.16
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-07
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-07
Debt to Equity Ratio 251.65
Revenue per Share 1535.219
Market Cap 7,251,338,240
Trailing P/E 11.10
Forward P/E 7.79
Beta 1.26
Profit Margins 1.88%
Website https://www.lithia.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume in September and December expirations, specifically targeting the 270-280 strike range, suggesting a fear of a pullback below current levels. Conversely, call activity is concentrated at lower strikes in November, indicating some buyers believe the stock can hold support without needing to rally immediately. Implied volatility remains moderate, reflecting a balanced but cautious sentiment.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.19% 0.78% 0.73% 0.68%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-08 0.57 0.193884
2026-03-06 0.55 0.211824
2025-11-07 0.55 0.187540
2025-08-08 0.55 0.188376
2025-05-09 0.55 0.179944
2025-03-07 0.53 0.173793
2024-11-08 0.53 0.142719
2024-08-09 0.53 0.188037
2024-05-09 0.53 0.200712
2024-03-07 0.50 0.171686
2023-11-09 0.50 0.196641
2023-08-10 0.50 0.162776
2023-05-11 0.50 0.232710
2023-03-09 0.42 0.164654
2022-11-09 0.42 0.200363
2022-08-11 0.42 0.154497
2022-05-12 0.42 0.149477
2022-03-10 0.35 0.108817
2021-11-10 0.35 0.109900
2021-08-12 0.35 0.093291
2021-05-06 0.35 0.092028
2021-03-11 0.31 0.077835
2020-11-12 0.31 0.119157
2020-08-13 0.31 0.119553
2020-05-07 0.30 0.281347
2020-03-12 0.30 0.332226
2019-11-07 0.30 0.191424
2019-08-08 0.30 0.232992
2019-05-09 0.30 0.262996
2019-03-07 0.29 0.334641
2018-11-08 0.29 0.339499
2018-08-14 0.29 0.339142
2018-05-10 0.29 0.301989
2018-03-08 0.27 0.259441
2017-11-09 0.27 0.237321
2017-08-09 0.27 0.257904
2017-05-10 0.27 0.292842
2017-03-08 0.25 0.263713
2016-11-08 0.25 0.321709
2016-08-10 0.25 0.304952
2016-05-11 0.25 0.310984
2016-03-09 0.20 0.212202
2015-11-04 0.20 0.165824
2015-08-05 0.20 0.166945
2015-05-13 0.20 0.194118
2015-03-11 0.16 0.179051
2014-11-19 0.16 0.219660
2014-08-06 0.16 0.178352
2014-05-07 0.16 0.222686
2014-03-05 0.13 0.197598
2013-11-06 0.13 0.204563
2013-08-07 0.13 0.196434
2013-05-08 0.13 0.254055
2012-12-13 0.10 0.292056
2012-11-07 0.10 0.292227
2012-08-08 0.10 0.341997
2012-05-09 0.10 0.399840
2012-03-07 0.07 0.291910
2011-11-08 0.07 0.334608
2011-08-09 0.07 0.397727
2011-05-09 0.07 0.411281
2011-03-09 0.05 0.333333
2010-11-09 0.05 0.390016
2010-08-11 0.05 0.636132
2010-05-12 0.05 0.571429
2008-10-10 0.05 2.283105
2008-07-11 0.14 3.381643
2008-04-11 0.14 1.546961
2008-01-14 0.14 1.086113
2007-10-11 0.14 0.722394
2007-07-12 0.14 0.573066
2007-04-12 0.14 0.525131
2007-01-11 0.14 0.523169
2006-10-18 0.14 0.563834
2006-07-19 0.14 0.485605
2006-04-19 0.12 0.333519
2006-02-15 0.12 0.392927
2005-11-02 0.12 0.435730
2005-08-03 0.12 0.382775
2005-05-04 0.08 0.296406
2005-02-24 0.08 0.306631
2004-10-28 0.08 0.353201
2004-07-29 0.08 0.342319
2004-05-05 0.07 0.273331
2004-03-03 0.07 0.246046
2003-11-05 0.07 0.288660
2003-08-06 0.07 0.364583
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.28
dividendYield 0.73
exDividendDate 2026-05-08
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.22
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007075923
lastDividendValue 0.57
lastDividendDate 2026-05-08
dividendDate 2026-05-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.10894632
Address1 150 North Bartlett Street
All Time High 417.98
All Time Low 1.53
Ask 318.08
Ask Size 120
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 272,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 300,104
Average Volume 300,104
Average Volume10Days 272,020
Beta 1.256
Bid 281.0
Bid Size 80
Board Risk 3
Book Value 280.009
City Medford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,451,520,000
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 317.96
Current Ratio 0.994
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 326.46
Day Low 315.875
Debt To Equity 251.65
Display Name Lithia Motors
Dividend Date 1,779,408,000
Dividend Rate 2.28
Dividend Yield 0.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,471,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,471,200
Earnings Growth -0.461
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.521
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,465,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,328,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,328,200
Ebitda 1,893,200,000
Ebitda Margins 0.050180003
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.277
Enterprise To Revenue 0.616
Enterprise Value 23,242,938,368
Eps Current Year 34.59428
Eps Forward 40.83912
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 28.64
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,198,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 291.9432
Fifty Day Average Change 26.016785
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.08911591
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -10.894632
Fifty Two Week High 360.56
Fifty Two Week High Change -42.600006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11814956
Fifty Two Week Low 239.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 78.17999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.32604885
Fifty Two Week Range 239.78 - 360.56
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 850,919,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.63
Float Shares 19,986,565
Forward Eps 40.83912
Forward P E 7.785672
Free Cashflow 500,362,496
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 30,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.15447
Gross Profits 5,827,700,224
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.011569999
Held Percent Institutions 1.13534
Implied Shares Outstanding 22,805,820
Industry Auto & Truck Dealerships
Industry Disp Auto & Truck Dealerships
Industry Key auto-truck-dealerships
Ir Website http://www.lithia.com/index.cfm?action=dealerlink&Link=1016263&linkname=Lithia%20Investor%20Relations
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,778,198,400
Last Dividend Value 0.57
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Vehicle Operations and Financing Operations. It offers a range of products and services fulfilling the entire vehicle ownership lifecycle, including new and used vehicles, financing and insurance products, and aftersales automotive repair and maintenance services. The company provides its products and services through a network of physical locations, e-commerce platforms, captive finance solutions, fleet management offerings, and other synergistic adjacencies. Lithia Motors, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Medford, Oregon.
Long Name Lithia Motors, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 7,251,338,240
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_355432
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 710,499,968
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,155,097,966
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 317.43
Operating Cashflow -73,800,000
Operating Margins 0.036310002
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.076799996
Peg Ratio 0.7
Phone 541 776 6401
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 317.96
Post Market Time 1,783,976,700
Previous Close 313.74
Price Eps Current Year 9.191114
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.1355349
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.19220044
Profit Margins 0.01883
Quick Ratio 0.174
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.6875
Region US
Regular Market Change 4.22
Regular Market Change Percent 1.34506
Regular Market Day High 326.46
Regular Market Day Low 315.875
Regular Market Day Range 315.875 - 326.46
Regular Market Open 317.43
Regular Market Previous Close 313.74
Regular Market Price 317.96
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 404,237
Return On Assets 0.03964
Return On Equity 0.108660005
Revenue Growth 0.01
Revenue Per Share 1,535.219
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 22,805,820
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1108
Shares Short 2,526,887
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,699,573
Short Name Lithia Motors, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1697
Short Ratio 8.13
Source Interval 15
State OR
Symbol LAD
Target High Price 449.0
Target Low Price 300.0
Target Mean Price 376.5
Target Median Price 388.0
Total Cash 163,200,000
Total Cash Per Share 7.156
Total Debt 16,129,500,160
Total Revenue 37,728,002,048
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.22
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007075923
Trailing Eps 28.64
Trailing P E 11.101955
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.6979
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 300.7488
Two Hundred Day Average Change 17.211182
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.057227764
Type Disp Equity
Volume 404,237
Website https://www.lithia.com
Zip 97,501