NYSE:LAD - Lithia Motors Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Lithia Motors declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $3.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.09 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $3.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.25 billion. Lithia Motors had a return on equity of 20.95% and a net margin of 2.13%. The business's revenue was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.83 EPS. View Lithia Motors' Earnings History.

Lithia Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lithia Motors.

Lithia Motors will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Lithia Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $149.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lithia Motors.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lithia Motors in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors.

Media stories about LAD stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lithia Motors earned a media sentiment score of 3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Lithia Motors.

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Lithia Motors' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.37%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.34%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.18%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and 6 Meridian (0.03%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, Bryan B Deboer, Chris Holzshu, John F North, Kenneth E Roberts, Louis Miramontes, Sidney B Deboer and Susan O Cain. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lithia Motors.

LAD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold Lithia Motors company stock in the last year include Abrams Capital Management, LP, Bryan B Deboer, Kenneth E Roberts, Louis Miramontes, Sidney B Deboer and Susan O Cain. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lithia Motors.

LAD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Advisors Preferred LLC, 6 Meridian, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have bought Lithia Motors stock in the last two years include Chris Holzshu and John F North. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lithia Motors.

Shares of LAD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $144.63.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $3.36 billion and generates $11.82 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $265.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.98 on an earnings per share basis. Lithia Motors employs 13,643 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lithia Motors.

The official website for Lithia Motors is http://www.lithia.com/.

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]