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 Wednesday, July 24th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.87 by $0.08. The company earned $3.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.52 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.

9 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Lithia Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Lithia Motors' share price to reach $128.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. 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 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors.

Press coverage about LAD stock has been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lithia Motors earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Lithia Motors.

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Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.52%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.71%), Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT (3.33%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.48%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.46%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.80%). Company insiders that own Lithia Motors stock include Bryan B Deboer, Chris Holzshu, George Chun-Wai Liang, John F North, Kenneth E Roberts, Louis Miramontes, 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 William Blair Investment Management LLC, Ellis Investment Partners LLC, Cardinal Capital Management LLC CT, WBI Investments Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, RK Capital Management LLC, A.R.T. Advisors LLC and GW&K Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Lithia Motors company stock in the last year include Bryan B Deboer, 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 BlackRock Inc., Redwood Investments LLC, Man Group plc, Bank of America Corp DE, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Castleark Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 $129.63.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $3.01 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]