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 Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.97 by $0.02. The firm earned $3.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.22 billion. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.54 earnings per share. View Lithia Motors' Earnings History.

Lithia Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lithia Motors.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Lithia Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $185.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $150.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lithia Motors.

9 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors.

Headlines about LAD stock have been trending neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing 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 daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lithia Motors.

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Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (2.94%), State Street Corp (2.93%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.37%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%), Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (0.92%) and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (0.90%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Boston Partners, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Redwood Investments LLC and Sei Investments Co.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Martingale Asset Management L P, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Goldman Sachs Group 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 $131.00.