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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%. 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, October, 24th. The company reported $2.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.53 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $3.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.17 billion. Lithia Motors had a return on equity of 20.74% and a net margin of 2.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.18 EPS. 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.

8 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Lithia Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $151.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $129.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.6%. 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 headlines about LAD stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lithia Motors earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Lithia Motors.

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

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Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.38%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.31%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.22%), Bridge City Capital LLC (0.13%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%) and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.10%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Strs Ohio and FTB Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Lithia Motors company stock in the last year include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Bridge City Capital LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, First Hawaiian Bank, Rhumbline Advisers and World Asset Management 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 $152.85.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $3.55 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]