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. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Friday, May 25th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 10th. This is a boost from Lithia Motors's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. View Lithia Motors' Dividend History.

Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE:LAD) announced its quarterly 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 the consensus estimate of $2.73 billion. Lithia Motors had a net margin of 2.34% and a return on equity of 20.61%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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 earnings per share guidance of $10.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Lithia Motors' stock. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $131.00. On average, they anticipate Lithia Motors' share price to reach $127.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.7% 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 coverage about LAD stock has been trending positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of 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 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Lithia Motors' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $96.21.

Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $2.42 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]