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

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

Lithia Motors announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Wednesday, August 29th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 14th. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.52 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.94 by $0.42. The business had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.06 billion. Lithia Motors had a net margin of 2.28% and a return on equity of 20.30%. The firm's revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.28 earnings per share. View Lithia Motors' Earnings History.

Lithia Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Lithia Motors.

8 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Lithia Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Lithia Motors' share price to reach $114.1667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lithia Motors.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lithia Motors in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors.

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Media stories about LAD stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Lithia Motors earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 47.21 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Lithia Motors.

Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.64%), Abrams Capital Management L.P. (4.30%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.26%), Boston Partners (3.10%), Voya Investment Management LLC (2.51%) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (2.11%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock include Bryan B Deboer, Chris Holzshu, George Chun-Wai Liang, John F North, Kenneth E Roberts, Sidney B Deboer, Susan O Cain and Thomas R Becker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lithia Motors.

LAD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Fiera Capital Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Tyvor Capital LLC and Voya Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lithia Motors company stock in the last year include Bryan B Deboer, George Chun-Wai Liang, John F North, Kenneth E Roberts, Sidney B Deboer, Susan O Cain and Thomas R Becker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lithia Motors.

LAD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Abrams Capital Management L.P., BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LAD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.63.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $2.08 billion and generates $10.09 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $245.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.39 on an earnings per share basis. Lithia Motors employs 12,899 workers across the globe.

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]