Lithia Motors Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lithia Motors in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Lithia Motors stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LAD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Lithia Motors is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 28th 2021.
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Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The company reported $5.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.05 by $0.41. The firm earned $3.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.90 billion. Lithia Motors had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.52% and a net margin of 2.82%. Lithia Motors's revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.95 earnings per share.
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Lithia Motors' stock was trading at $101.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LAD shares have increased by 267.4% and is now trading at $373.95.
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Lithia Motors declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, March 26th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 11th.
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Lithia Motors pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.33%. Lithia Motors has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Lithia Motors is 10.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Lithia Motors will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.29% next year. This indicates that Lithia Motors will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lithia Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $450.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $327.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.4%.
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155 employees have rated Lithia Motors CEO Bryan DeBoer on Glassdoor.com. Bryan DeBoer has an approval rating of 71% among Lithia Motors' employees.

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Lithia Motors trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LAD."

Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.45%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.61%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.67%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.13%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.76%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.67%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, Bryan B Deboer, Chris Holzshu, Kenneth E Roberts, Louis Miramontes, Scott Hillier, Shauna Mcintyre, Sidney B Deboer, Susan O Cain, Thomas Dobry and Tina Miller.
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LAD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Park West Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Boston Partners, Impala Asset Management LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Castleark Management LLC, and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lithia Motors company stock in the last year include Bryan B Deboer, Chris Holzshu, Louis Miramontes, Scott Hillier, Shauna Mcintyre, Sidney B Deboer, Thomas Dobry, and Tina Miller.
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LAD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Alliancebernstein L.P., Clearbridge Investments LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, Stamina Capital Management LP, and New York State Common Retirement Fund.
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Shares of LAD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LAD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $373.95.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $9.92 billion and generates $12.67 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $271.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.76 on an earnings per share basis.

Lithia Motors employs 14,320 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lithia Motors is www.lithiainvestorrelations.com.

Lithia Motors is headquartered at 150 NORTH BARTLETT STREET, MEDFORD OR, 97501.

Lithia Motors' mailing address is 150 NORTH BARTLETT STREET, MEDFORD OR, 97501. The company can be reached via phone at 541-776-6401 or via email at [email protected]