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Lithia Motors, Inc.
1W: -2.9% 1M: -4.0% 3M: -31.9% YTD: -12.5% 1Y: -12.1% 3Y: +14.2% 5Y: -11.6%
$290.73
+3.89 (+1.36%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±8.7%
$244 $270 $295 $321 $347
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships · Tech Score Sell · Power 38 · $6.4B mcap · 19M float · 1.70% daily turnover · Short 56% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 75% of companies Debt: 71.6% of company value Bonds: $314.8M held by 285 funds, 120 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the third-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 140 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $42.05 (down 86%), Lithia Motors, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $16.14B against a stock market value of $6.39B.
Distance to default 3.03 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $11.35B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 40.2%; Altman Z 1.74. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$543M +27.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: -6.2%
Capital Expenditures
$351M +0.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +15.9%
Free Cash Flow
$192M +160.4% ▲
5Y CAGR: -19.8%
Dividends Paid
$55M +2.1% ▲
Buybacks
$961M -162.6% ▼
Net Change in Cash
-$60M +88.8% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$1.1B$1.3B$1.0B$822M$826M
Depreciation & Amort.$166M$228M$265M$390M$0
Stock-Based Comp.$35M$41M$41M$58M$0
Change in Working Capital$414M-$2.2B-$1.8B-$833M-$862M
Other Non-Cash Items$76M-$27M-$35M-$50M$579M
Operating Cash Flow$1.8B-$610M-$472M$425M$543M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$260M-$303M-$230M-$351M-$351M
Acquisitions (Net)-$2.6B-$1.0B-$1.0B-$1.2B-$886M
Investment Purchases-$10M-$12M-$11M-$355M$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$3M$17M$13M$14M$209M
Investing Cash Flow-$2.9B-$1.3B-$1.3B-$1.9B-$1.0B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$256M$2.8B$2.5B$1.3B$1.5B
Stock Repurchased-$231M-$688M-$49M-$366M-$961M
Dividends Paid-$39M-$45M-$53M-$56M-$55M
Other Financing-$16M-$23M-$39M-$22M-$89M
Financing Cash Flow$1.1B$2.0B$2.4B$908M$426M
Net Change in Cash$15M$72M$695M-$539M-$60M
Cash End of Period$175M$247M$941M$402M$342M
Free Cash Flow$1.5B-$913M-$703M$74M$192M

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