NYSE:LAD - Lithia Motors Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Lithia Motors announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Friday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Friday, May 25th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 10th. This is a positive change from Lithia Motors's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.30 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.73 billion. Lithia Motors had a net margin of 2.34% and a return on equity of 20.61%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.78 EPS. View Lithia Motors' Earnings History.

Lithia Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Lithia Motors.

Lithia Motors issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.58. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.0-$12.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.30 billion.

8 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lithia Motors' stock. Their predictions range from $125.00 to $131.00. On average, they expect Lithia Motors' stock price to reach $127.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lithia Motors in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Media stories about LAD stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Lithia Motors earned a daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company an impact score of 46.04 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.06%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%) and Harbour Capital Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for Lithia Motors.

LAD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harbour Capital Advisors 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $95.33.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $2.39 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]