LAD - Lithia Motors Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

267.56USD-1.39 (-0.52%)Delayed as of 17 May 2024, 11:03 am ET

Market Summary

USD267.56-1.39

Delayedas of 17 May 2024, 11:03 am

-0.52%

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LAD Valuation

Market Cap

7.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

7.89

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.23

EV/EBITDA

7.51

Price/Free Cashflow

-18.34

LAD Price/Sales (Trailing)

LAD Profitability

Operating Margin

67.88%

EBT Margin

3.89%

Return on Equity

14.72%

Return on Assets

4.21%

Free Cashflow Yield

-5.45%

LAD Fundamentals

LAD Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

32.6B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

22.77%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

11.52%

LAD Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

934.8M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-28.9%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-23.82%

Breaking Down LAD Revenue

52 Week Range

223.61329.00

(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

1.9%

Last 30 days

3.4%

Last 90 days

-7.8%

Trailing 12 Months

22.0%

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LAD Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.17

Debt/Equity

0.89

Debt/Cashflow

-0.02

LAD Investor Care

Dividend Yield

0.74%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.44%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

33.88

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	32.6B	0	0	0
2023	28.5B	29.3B	30.3B	31.0B
2022	25.2B	26.4B	27.6B	28.2B
2021	14.7B	17.9B	20.5B	22.8B
2020	12.6B	12.2B	12.5B	13.1B
2019	12.0B	12.1B	12.4B	12.7B
2018	10.5B	11.1B	11.6B	11.8B
2017	8.9B	9.3B	9.7B	10.1B
2016	8.1B	8.2B	8.4B	8.7B
2015	6.1B	6.9B	7.7B	7.9B
2014	4.2B	4.4B	4.6B	5.4B
2013	3.5B	3.7B	3.9B	4.0B
2012	2.8B	2.9B	3.1B	3.3B
2011	2.2B	2.3B	2.5B	2.6B
2010	0	1.8B	1.9B	2.0B
2009	0	0	0	1.7B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Lithia Motors Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
May 01, 2024	mcintyre shauna	sold	-35,110	254	-138	-
May 01, 2024	deboer sidney b	sold (taxes)	-21,876	254	-86.00	-
Apr 23, 2024	lentz james e.	acquired	-	-	704	-
Apr 23, 2024	miramontes louis	acquired	-	-	704	-
Apr 23, 2024	deboer sidney b	acquired	-	-	704	-
Apr 23, 2024	mcintyre shauna	acquired	-	-	704	-
Apr 23, 2024	loretz congdon stacy	acquired	-	-	704	-
Apr 23, 2024	robino david j	acquired	-	-	704	-

Which funds bought or sold LAD recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 15, 2024	GOODNOW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC	reduced	-1.1	-692,927	6,498,880	0.78%
May 15, 2024	MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC	added	55.07	3,814,320	12,964,400	0.01%
May 15, 2024	COBALT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	new	-	1,504,300	1,504,300	0.48%
May 15, 2024	Royal Bank of Canada	reduced	-5.81	-1,878,000	11,593,000	-%
May 15, 2024	HighVista Strategies LLC	added	23.07	213,219	1,925,800	0.69%
May 15, 2024	PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO	reduced	-8.61	-615,723	3,116,010	0.01%
May 15, 2024	Gotham Asset Management, LLC	added	27.61	187,621	1,318,370	0.02%
May 15, 2024	Mariner, LLC	reduced	-17.22	-345,011	1,071,800	-%
May 15, 2024	TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP	new	-	759,371	759,371	-%
May 15, 2024	Dalton Investments, Inc.	unchanged	-	-28,420	300,860	0.18%

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Unveiling Lithia Motors Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 14, 2024	harris associates l p	7.36%	2,024,667	SC 13G
Feb 13, 2024	barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss llc	5.57%	1,534,162	SC 13G
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	10.26%	2,823,349	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	abrams capital management, l.p.	7.1%	-	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2024	blackrock inc.	8.5%	2,352,180	SC 13G/A
Feb 15, 2023	barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss llc	5.05%	1,381,848	SC 13G
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	10.21%	2,792,188	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.9%	2,434,559	SC 13G/A
Oct 28, 2022	mfn partners, lp	5.6%	0	SC 13G
Mar 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	10.03%	2,957,990	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Lithia Motors Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 03, 2024	8-K	Current Report
May 01, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
May 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 01, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
Apr 24, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 24, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 24, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 24, 2024	4	Insider Trading

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AXL	927.5M	6.2B	12.39%	10.66%	-115.94	0.15	5.67%	-113.75%
CAAS	106.9M	573.5M	1.15%	-32.95%	2.73	0.19	7.12%	39.36%
WKHS	78.7M	13.1M	38.89%	-74.47%	-0.64	6.01	160.69%	-5.67%
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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	11.5%	8,562	7,677	8,277	8,112	6,974	6,947	7,296	7,240	6,705	6,310	6,170	6,009	4,343	3,944	3,620	2,759	2,804	3,269	3,332	3,222	2,850
Cost Of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,822	2,728	2,399
Gross Profit	5.9%	1,335	1,261	1,371	1,385	1,212	1,209	1,314	1,351	1,278	1,244	1,189	1,111	716	647	652	464	461	499	511	494	451
S&GA Expenses	11.6%	934	837	851	842	764	753	754	797	740	723	673	634	450	398	389	305	346	352	343	357	322
EBITDA Margin	-8.0%	0.05*	0.06*	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*	0.07*	0.08*	0.08*	0.08*	0.08*	0.07*	0.07*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	6.4%	64.00	60.00	59.00	44.00	39.00	38.00	36.00	28.00	26.00	24.00	28.00	28.00	24.00	21.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	16.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
Income Taxes	-12.6%	56.00	64.00	96.00	106	85.00	86.00	125	131	126	139	113	115	55.00	69.00	60.00	31.00	18.00	27.00	32.00	24.00	21.00
Earnings Before Taxes	-21.1%	221	280	361	407	314	336	456	468	470	432	422	419	211	257	219	108	64.00	95.00	117	86.00	78.00
EBT Margin	-11.4%	0.04*	0.04*	0.05*	0.05*	0.06*	0.06*	0.07*	0.07*	0.07*	0.07*	0.06*	0.06*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	-23.8%	163	213	262	297	229	248	330	331	342	291	308	305	156	188	159	78.00	46.00	68.00	85.00	62.00	56.00
Net Income Margin	-11.1%	0.03*	0.03*	0.03*	0.04*	0.04*	0.04*	0.05*	0.05*	0.05*	0.05*	0.05*	0.05*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	158.8%	213	-361	55.00	-307	-87.90	-185	-327	-365	-34.40	-271	650	709	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	13.0%	22,180	19,633	18,270	17,683	16,421	15,007	14,075	13,008	12,081	11,147	10,205	10,093	8,252	7,902	6,396	5,539	6,014	6,084	5,738	5,775	5,692
Current Assets	11.2%	7,733	6,955	5,818	5,494	5,148	4,631	4,682	4,162	3,885	3,310	3,076	3,871	3,289	3,340	2,750	2,430	2,926	3,071	2,930	3,032	3,028
Cash Equivalents	-72.8%	264	972	287	229	185	272	240	117	165	179	138	781	170	163	57.00	120	57.00	84.00	27.00	45.00	45.00
Inventory	23.3%	5,862	4,754	4,405	4,279	3,856	3,409	3,309	2,985	2,697	2,386	2,013	2,239	2,330	2,493	2,129	1,813	2,513	2,434	2,386	2,432	2,441
Net PPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,353	2,299	2,221	2,198	1,798	1,663	1,632	1,612	1,483	1,463	1,454
Goodwill	7.8%	2,082	1,931	1,726	1,610	1,516	1,461	1,463	1,238	1,019	977	740	617	618	593	592	592	458	455	457	457	457
Liabilities	18.0%	15,758	13,350	12,203	11,880	10,940	9,756	9,046	8,270	7,138	6,484	5,627	5,864	5,444	5,241	4,701	4,007	4,558	4,616	4,378	4,500	4,442
Current Liabilities	33.6%	6,592	4,932	4,375	4,048	3,948	3,178	2,827	2,614	2,825	2,403	2,182	2,596	2,611	2,480	2,212	2,026	2,432	2,569	2,483	2,605	2,585
Long Term Debt	3.3%	5,662	5,484	5,153	5,414	779	5,511	5,222	4,722	3,395	318	2,586	2,522	2,124	2,065	1,799	1,358	1,490	1,431	1,288	1,324	1,296
Shareholder's Equity	2.2%	6,351	6,214	5,996	5,760	5,441	5,210	4,988	4,698	4,908	4,629	4,545	4,228	2,808	2,662	1,694	1,532	1,457	1,468	1,359	1,275	1,251
Retained Earnings	3.0%	5,162	5,013	4,814	4,566	4,283	4,065	3,829	3,511	3,191	2,860	2,579	2,282	1,986	1,838	1,659	1,507	1,436	1,402	1,341	1,263	1,213
Additional Paid-In Capital	-15.1%	68.00	80.00	71.00	63.00	54.00	77.00	69.00	62.00	52.00	58.00	51.00	44.00	36.00	41.00	36.00	30.00	26.00	46.00	3.00	-	28.00
Accumulated Depreciation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	423	400	376	356	338	326	309	299	284	272	263	250
Shares Outstanding	0.4%	28.00	27.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	29.00	29.00	30.00	29.00	28.00	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	1.2%	25.00	25.00	26.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	6.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	8,372	-	-	-	7,896	-	-	-	10,386	-	-	-	3,392	-	-	-	2,659	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	199.1%	292,400	-295,200	121,500	-249,700	-49,000	-92,600	-254,400	-289,400	26,300	-204,700	730,900	771,500	499,500	-256,000	10,600	668,300	121,700	71,000	209,100	167,200	77,200
Share Based Compensation	38.5%	14,400	10,400	11,100	10,200	9,100	9,400	8,600	12,600	10,500	9,100	8,400	9,200	8,000	6,000	7,100	5,000	5,100	4,400	4,400	3,900	3,500
Cashflow From Investing	-4119.7%	-1,265,900	-30,000	-240,100	-586,300	-413,900	-312,500	-234,600	-425,400	-357,300	-327,300	-742,000	-1,378,300	-442,800	-877,500	-561,200	-48,800	-118,300	-263,300	-89,900	-74,500	-35,300
Cashflow From Financing	-54.7%	445,000	982,800	178,500	738,600	509,900	435,900	615,400	668,600	316,000	556,000	-627,600	1,221,800	-43,500	1,239,000	487,400	-555,800	-30,800	249,200	-136,800	-93,000	-28,500
Dividend Payments	0.7%	13,800	13,700	13,700	13,900	11,500	11,400	11,600	11,900	10,300	10,600	10,700	9,300	8,200	8,200	7,100	6,800	7,000	6,900	7,000	7,000	6,700
Buy Backs	-56.5%	15,000	34,450	-	-	14,400	48,850	28,100	545,500	60,900	214,800	-	-	15,900	-	100	2,300	48,200	100	-	-	3,100

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LAD Income Statement

2024-03-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 8,561.8	$ 6,973.8
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	7,226.6	5,762.3
Gross profit	1,335.2	1,211.5
Financing operations loss	(1.7)	(20.8)
Selling, general and administrative	934.3	764.4
Depreciation and amortization	57.8	47.3
Operating income	341.4	379.0
Floor plan interest expense	(60.7)	(27.7)
Other interest expense, net	(63.6)	(39.0)
Other income, net	3.5	2.0
Income before income taxes	220.6	314.3
Income tax provision	(55.6)	(84.7)
Net income	165.0	229.6
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	(1.5)	(0.7)
Net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest	(0.9)	(0.2)
Net income attributable to Lithia Motors, Inc.	$ 162.6	$ 228.7
Basic earnings per share attributable to Lithia Motors, Inc. (in dollars per share)	$ 5.90	$ 8.32
Shares used in basic per share calculations (in shares)	27.5	27.5
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Lithia Motors, Inc. (in dollars per share)	$ 5.89	$ 8.30
Shares used in diluted per share calculations (in shares)	27.6	27.5
Cash dividends paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50	$ 0.42
New vehicle retail
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 4,014.1	$ 3,278.9
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	3,718.8	2,945.1
Used vehicle retail
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,800.8	2,227.5
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	2,618.1	2,061.8
Used vehicle wholesale
Revenues:
Total revenues	337.7	356.7
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	338.7	359.5
Finance and insurance
Revenues:
Total revenues	340.6	318.3
Service, body and parts
Revenues:
Total revenues	912.8	736.3
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	410.8	341.9
Fleet and other
Revenues:
Total revenues	155.8	56.1
Cost of sales:
Total cost of sales	$ 140.2	$ 54.0

LAD Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets:
Cash, restricted cash, and cash equivalents	$ 404.6	$ 941.4
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3.3 and $7.1	1,249.3	1,123.1
Inventories, net	5,861.9	4,753.9
Other current assets	217.4	136.8
Total current assets	7,733.2	6,955.2
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $688.1 and $646.7	4,502.0	3,981.4
Operating lease right-of-use assets	753.2	478.8
Finance receivables, net of allowance for estimated losses of $111.8 and $106.4	3,412.5	3,242.3
Goodwill	2,081.7	1,930.6
Franchise value	2,538.0	2,402.2
Other non-current assets	1,159.4	642.0
Total assets	22,180.0	19,632.5
Current liabilities:
Floor plan notes payable	2,533.3	1,347.0
Floor plan notes payable: non-trade	2,428.7	2,288.5
Trade payables	327.6	288.0
Accrued liabilities	1,177.1	899.1
Total current liabilities	6,591.5	4,932.2
Deferred revenue	389.2	264.1
Deferred income taxes	378.9	349.3
Non-current operating lease liabilities	655.1	427.9
Other long-term liabilities	277.4	220.7
Total liabilities	15,758.4	13,349.6
Redeemable non-controlling interest	44.9	44.0
Equity:
Preferred stock - no par value; authorized 15.0 shares; none outstanding	0.0	0.0
Common stock - no par value; authorized 125.0 shares; issued and outstanding 27.5 and 27.4	1,117.8	1,100.6
Additional paid-in capital	67.8	79.9
Accumulated other comprehensive income	3.7	20.1
Retained earnings	5,162.1	5,013.3
Total stockholders’ equity - Lithia Motors, Inc.	6,351.4	6,213.9
Non-controlling interest	25.3	25.0
Total equity	6,376.7	6,238.9
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest, and equity	22,180.0	19,632.5
Long-term debt
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	97.2	75.7
Debt, less current maturities	5,662.4	5,483.7
Non-recourse notes payable
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of debt	27.6	33.9
Debt, less current maturities	$ 1,803.9	$ 1,671.7

About Lithia Motors Inc

Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer. The company operates through Domestic, Import, and Luxury segments. It offers new and used vehicles; vehicle financing services; warranties, insurance contracts, and vehicle and theft protection services; and automotive repair and maintenance services, as well as sells body and parts for the new vehicles under the Driveway and GreenCars brand names. The company provides its services through a network of locations, e-commerce platforms, and captive finance division in 28 states of the United States and 3 Canadian provinces. Lithia Motors, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Medford, Oregon.

CEO	Mr. Bryan B. DeBoer
WEBSITE	lithiamotors.com
INDUSTRY	Autos
EMPLOYEES	21875

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LAD is the stock ticker symbol of Lithia Motors Inc. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Lithia Motors Inc (LAD)?

As of Thu May 16 2024, market cap of Lithia Motors Inc is 7.37 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

What is the fair value of LAD stock?

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What is the fair value of LAD stock?

You can check LAD's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Lithia Motors Inc is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Lithia Motors Inc is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for LAD so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Lithia Motors Inc a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether LAD is over valued or under valued. Whether Lithia Motors Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Lithia Motors Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for LAD.

What is Lithia Motors Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Thu May 16 2024, LAD's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 7.89 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.23. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. LAD PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Lithia Motors Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Lithia Motors Inc has provided 0.145 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.