Lithia Motors Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:LAD)

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

Lithia Motors announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.87 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $3.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.19 billion. Lithia Motors had a return on equity of 20.74% and a net margin of 2.24%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.52 earnings per share. View Lithia Motors' Earnings History.

Lithia Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Lithia Motors.

Lithia Motors will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

8 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Lithia Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $128.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% 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 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 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 negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Lithia Motors.

Lithia Motors saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,920,000 shares, a decrease of 5.5% from the August 30th total of 3,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 232,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 12.6 days. Approximately 13.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Lithia Motors' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lithia Motors investors own include Ford Motor (F), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Alkaline Water (WTER), Ambarella (AMBA), LogMeIn (LOGM), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Alaska Air Group (ALK), salesforce.com (CRM) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Lithia Motors' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.02%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock include 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Hawaiian Bank and Hexavest 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 $126.29.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $2.93 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]