Lithia Motors (LAD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $338.77 -1.21 (-0.36%) Closing price 08/28/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$338.64 -0.13 (-0.04%) As of 08/28/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Lithia Motors Short Interest DataLithia Motors (LAD) has a short interest of 1.84 million shares, representing 7.37% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 17.95% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.5, indicating that it would take 6.5 days of the average trading volume of 329,772 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,840,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,560,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+17.95%Dollar Volume Sold Short$530.18 millionShort Interest Ratio6.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares25,636,000 sharesFloat Size24,980,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.37%Today's Trading Volume318,262 sharesAverage Trading Volume329,772 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average97% Short Selling Lithia Motors? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Lithia Motors and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLAD Short Interest Over TimeLAD Days to Cover Over TimeLAD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Lithia Motors Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/20251,840,000 shares $530.18 million +18.0%7.4%6.5 $288.14 7/15/20251,560,000 shares $519.39 million -1.9%6.2%5.5 $332.94 6/30/20251,590,000 shares $537.40 million -5.9%6.3%5.5 $337.99 6/15/20251,690,000 shares $546.63 million +12.7%6.7%5.4 $323.45 5/31/20251,500,000 shares $475.85 million +2.7%5.9%4.5 $317.23 5/15/20251,460,000 shares $467.81 million -2.7%5.8%4.2 $320.42 4/30/20251,500,000 shares $439.53 million -6.8%5.9%4.1 $293.02 4/15/20251,610,000 shares $468.34 million -10.1%6.3%4.1 $290.90 3/31/20251,790,000 shares $524.90 million +4.1%7.0%4.6 $293.24 3/15/20251,720,000 shares $508.07 million -2.3%6.7%4.8 $295.39 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LAD and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Lithia Motors and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/20251,760,000 shares $605.61 million -1.1%6.9%5.1 $344.10 2/15/20251,780,000 shares $677.13 million -5.3%6.9%5.4 $380.41 1/31/20251,880,000 shares $707.23 million -6.5%7.2%5.7 $376.19 1/15/20252,010,000 shares $729.13 million +1.5%7.7%5.9 $362.75 12/31/20241,980,000 shares $707.71 million -14.7%7.6%7.1 $357.43 12/15/20242,320,000 shares $882.92 million -2.9%8.9%8.1 $380.57 11/30/20242,390,000 shares $924.69 million -2.9%9.2%8 $386.90 11/15/20242,460,000 shares $912.81 million -3.5%9.5%8.2 $371.06 10/31/20242,550,000 shares $846.98 million -0.8%9.8%9.2 $332.15 10/15/20242,570,000 shares $780.23 million +0.8%9.8%8.8 $303.59 9/30/20242,550,000 shares $809.98 million +4.9%9.8%8.8 $317.64 9/15/20242,430,000 shares $679.21 million +0.8%9.3%8.5 $279.51 8/31/20242,410,000 shares $725.60 million +2.6%9.2%8.7 $301.08 8/15/20242,350,000 shares $687.29 million +1.3%9.0%8.4 $292.47 7/31/20242,320,000 shares $641.09 million -1.7%N/A8.2 $276.33 7/15/20242,360,000 shares $626.32 million -7.1%N/A8.4 $265.39 6/30/20242,540,000 shares $641.22 million -6.3%N/A9.1 $252.45 6/15/20242,710,000 shares $682.24 million -2.2%N/A9.8 $251.75 5/31/20242,770,000 shares $701.06 million No ChangeN/A10.2 $253.09 5/15/20242,770,000 shares $749.81 million +3.8%N/A11.3 $270.69 4/30/20242,670,000 shares $679.60 million +0.8%N/A10.8 $254.53 4/15/20242,650,000 shares $683.75 million -4.3%N/A11.5 $258.02 3/31/20242,770,000 shares $833.38 million +4.5%N/A14.1 $300.86 3/15/20242,650,000 shares $747.17 million +6.0%N/A14 $281.95 2/29/20242,500,000 shares $747.83 million -4.9%N/A12.4 $299.13 2/15/20242,630,000 shares $800.34 million -3.7%N/A13.3 $304.31 1/31/20242,730,000 shares $804.67 million -2.9%N/A14.3 $294.75 1/15/20242,810,000 shares $802.99 million +2.9%N/A14.3 $285.76 12/31/20232,730,000 shares $898.93 million -2.5%N/A13 $329.28 12/15/20232,800,000 shares $864.39 million +12.0%N/A13.2 $308.71Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 11/30/20232,500,000 shares $667.48 million -8.1%N/A13 $266.99 11/15/20232,720,000 shares $767.72 million +5.8%N/A14 $282.25 10/31/20232,570,000 shares $623.20 million -1.2%N/A13 $242.49 10/15/20232,600,000 shares $691.63 million +0.4%N/A12.8 $266.01 9/30/20232,590,000 shares $764.90 million -2.6%N/A11.7 $295.33 9/15/20232,660,000 shares $781.61 million +0.4%N/A11.4 $293.84 8/31/20232,650,000 shares $816.52 million +3.1%N/A10.5 $308.12 8/15/20232,570,000 shares $797.01 million -5.5%N/A9.3 $310.12 7/31/20232,720,000 shares $844.72 million -4.6%N/A9.3 $310.56 7/15/20232,850,000 shares $893.76 million -6.3%N/A9.4 $313.60 6/30/20233,040,000 shares $924.65 million -1.0%N/A9.3 $304.16 6/15/20233,070,000 shares $837.16 million -7.8%N/A9.4 $272.69 5/31/20233,330,000 shares $776.69 million -2.9%N/A9.7 $233.24 5/15/20233,430,000 shares $741.33 million +1.8%N/A10.3 $216.13 4/30/20233,370,000 shares $744.40 million +10.9%N/A9.9 $220.89 4/15/20233,040,000 shares $685.85 million +3.4%N/A8.8 $225.61 3/31/20232,940,000 shares $673.05 million +11.8%N/A8.7 $228.93 3/15/20232,630,000 shares $556.27 million +10.0%N/A7.8 $211.51 2/28/20232,390,000 shares $609.88 million -8.4%N/A7.2 $255.18 2/15/20232,610,000 shares $673.72 million -1.1%N/A7.6 $258.13 1/31/20232,640,000 shares $694.85 million -3.7%N/A7.1 $263.20 1/15/20232,740,000 shares $635.87 million +14.6%N/A6.7 $232.07 12/30/20222,390,000 shares $489.33 million -1.2%N/A5.3 $204.74 12/15/20222,420,000 shares $530.80 million +3.0%N/A5.1 $219.34 11/30/20222,350,000 shares $562.38 million +9.8%N/A5 $239.31 11/15/20222,140,000 shares $514.52 million +10.3%N/A4.6 $240.43 10/31/20221,940,000 shares $384.41 million +1.0%N/A4.4 $198.15 10/15/20221,920,000 shares $398.61 million +1.6%N/A4.7 $207.61 9/30/20221,890,000 shares $405.50 million -6.9%N/A5.1 $214.55 9/15/20222,030,000 shares $490.57 million +9.7%N/A6.2 $241.66 8/31/20221,850,000 shares $491.06 million -2.6%N/A5.9 $265.44 8/15/20221,900,000 shares $502.08 million +1.6%N/A6.2 $264.25 7/31/20221,870,000 shares $496.07 million +12.7%N/A5.6 $265.28 7/15/20221,660,000 shares $466.41 million -4.6%N/A4.7 $280.97 6/30/20221,740,000 shares $478.17 million +6.1%N/A4.9 $274.81 6/15/20221,640,000 shares $466.53 million -11.8%N/A4.6 $284.47 5/31/20221,860,000 shares $566.31 million +1.6%N/A5.5 $304.47 5/15/20221,830,000 shares $547.68 million +18.8%N/A5.2 $299.28 4/30/20221,540,000 shares $436.02 million +6.2%N/A4.3 $283.13 4/15/20221,450,000 shares $421.43 million -3.3%N/A4.2 $290.64 3/31/20221,500,000 shares $450.18 million -2.0%N/A4.3 $300.12 3/15/20221,530,000 shares $498.89 million +4.1%N/A4.6 $326.07 2/28/20221,470,000 shares $501.01 million +5.0%N/A4 $340.82 2/15/20221,400,000 shares $448.34 million -2.8%N/A3.7 $320.24 1/31/20221,440,000 shares $420.67 million +5.9%N/A3.7 $292.13 1/15/20221,360,000 shares $417.49 million +12.4%N/A3.6 $306.98 12/31/20211,210,000 shares $359.31 million +1.7%N/A3.3 $296.95 12/15/20211,190,000 shares $338.15 million -2.5%N/A3.1 $284.16 11/30/20211,220,000 shares $355.42 million -1.6%N/A3.2 $291.33 11/15/20211,240,000 shares $403.47 million -1.6%N/A3.4 $325.38Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 10/29/20211,260,000 shares $402.22 million -3.1%N/A3.8 $319.22 10/15/20211,300,000 shares $438.37 million +6.6%N/A4 $337.21 9/30/20211,220,000 shares $386.79 million -14.1%N/A3.8 $317.04 9/15/20211,420,000 shares $457.98 million No ChangeN/A3.7 $322.52 8/31/20211,420,000 shares $470.45 million +5.2%N/A3.7 $331.30 8/13/20211,350,000 shares $506.47 million -11.8%N/A3.3 $375.16 7/30/20211,530,000 shares $577.15 million -0.7%N/A3.2 $377.22 7/15/20211,540,000 shares $537.80 million -6.7%N/A3.3 $349.22 6/30/20211,650,000 shares $567.01 million -24.7%N/A3.6 $343.64 6/15/20212,190,000 shares $742.30 million +0.9%N/A5.5 $338.95 5/28/20212,170,000 shares $763.82 million +11.9%N/A5.6 $351.99 5/14/20211,940,000 shares $698.85 million -0.5%N/A5.3 $360.23 4/30/20211,950,000 shares $755.33 million +3.2%N/A6.7 $387.35 4/15/20211,890,000 shares $741.28 million +4.4%N/A6.1 $392.21 3/31/20211,810,000 shares $723.48 million -8.1%N/A5.9 $399.71 3/15/20211,970,000 shares $779.96 million +2.6%N/A6.4 $395.92 2/26/20211,920,000 shares $712.28 million -6.8%N/A6.5 $370.98 2/12/20212,060,000 shares $770.01 million +2.0%N/A7.1 $373.79 1/29/20212,020,000 shares $645.83 million +2.0%N/A6.7 $319.72 1/15/20211,980,000 shares $638.06 million -7.0%N/A6.7 $322.25 12/31/20202,130,000 shares $624.54 million -2.3%N/A6.9 $293.21 12/15/20202,180,000 shares $587.64 million -6.0%N/A5.5 $269.56 11/30/20202,320,000 shares $701.75 million +1.3%N/A5.8 $302.48 11/15/20202,290,000 shares $609.23 million +5.1%N/A4.7 $266.04 10/30/20202,180,000 shares $506.22 million -7.2%N/A4.5 $232.21 10/15/20202,350,000 shares $625.85 million -4.1%N/A4.8 $266.32 9/30/20202,450,000 shares $558.45 million -2.8%11.1%5 $227.94 9/15/20202,520,000 shares $607.95 million -10.0%11.4%6.2 $241.25 8/31/20202,800,000 shares $697.09 million -6.7%12.7%6.9 $248.96 LAD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Lithia Motors' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Lithia Motors shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, investors have sold 1,840,000 shares of LAD short. 7.37% of Lithia Motors' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Lithia Motors' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Lithia Motors? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. LAD shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Lithia Motors's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Lithia Motors? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Lithia Motors: Group One Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, and Quaker Wealth Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Lithia Motors? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 7.37% of Lithia Motors' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Lithia Motors' short interest increasing or decreasing? Lithia Motors saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,840,000 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the previous total of 1,560,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Lithia Motors' float size? Lithia Motors currently has issued a total of 25,640,000 shares. Some of Lithia Motors' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Lithia Motors currently has a public float of 24,980,000 shares. How does Lithia Motors' short interest compare to its competitors? 7.37% of Lithia Motors' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Lithia Motors: Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (4.82%), AutoNation, Inc. (3.87%), Brunswick Corporation (8.53%), Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (7.89%), CarMax, Inc. (9.72%), Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (6.73%), Sonic Automotive, Inc. (13.01%), Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (14.04%), Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (17.09%), America's Car-Mart, Inc. (11.37%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Lithia Motors stock? Short selling LAD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Lithia Motors as its price is falling. LAD shares are trading down $1.21 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Lithia Motors? A short squeeze for Lithia Motors occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LAD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Lithia Motors' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including LAD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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