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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.
#4 of 34
Auto - Dealerships
Consumer Cyclical · Mid Cap · 15 peers
Market Share
5.5%
Top 4 Concentration: 65.0%

Technical Signal Map

10 Bullish
3 Neutral
3 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. $6.5B 8.3 11.8 3.0 2.9 1.6 3 NEUTRAL -12.1
PAG Penske Automotive Group, Inc. $14B 15.6 16.4 6.1 3.1 7.7 5 BULLISH 29.9
ATOGF AUTO1 Group SE $4.5B 47.6 11.4 5.3 1.0 26.1 3 BULLISH -34.6
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. $6.8B 14.1 11.8 8.3 3.8 -5.9 6 BULLISH 62.0
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. $3.1B 7.8 24.1 -763.9 2.4 -1.3 7 BULLISH -18.5
BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. $2.3B 176.7 -0.1 -3.0 0.1 — 3 BULLISH —
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. $4.6B 111.3 9.7 11.8 8.0 — 4 BULLISH —
SIETY D'Ieteren Group S.A. $10B 20.9 -1794.9 12.6 6.5 0.4 5 BULLISH 6.6
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $2.9B 10.6 9.5 6.3 1.9 0.8 5 BULLISH -39.9
VVV Valvoline Inc. $4.0B 43.1 27.8 8.9 11.8 16.1 3 BULLISH -5.5
KMX CarMax, Inc. $7.3B 25.3 4.7 -0.4 2.1 3.0 6 LEAN BULL 21.8
ALTB Alpine Auto Brokers Inc. $10.0B -23160.6 40.0 11.0 -196.3 29.9 4 NEUTRAL 233.3
AN AutoNation, Inc. $5.3B 7.5 32.8 7.2 2.6 -0.1 4 NEUTRAL -17.7
IHCPF Inchcape plc $3.7B 9.8 21.7 18.2 1.8 6.9 5 LEAN BEAR 14.5
USSJY USS Co., Ltd. $5.3B 19.6 22.9 38.4 35.0 13.2 6 BEARISH -0.1
CVNA Carvana Co. $63B 20.5 54.5 27.1 4.2 54.0 5 BEARISH -15.7

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

LAD vs Benchmarks

ROIC
LAD
3.0
Industry
1.8
Gross Margin
LAD
15.0
Industry
16.1
Op Margin
LAD
4.2
Industry
2.6
Net Margin
LAD
2.9
Industry
0.8
Sector
6.0
Revenue Growth
LAD
1.6
Sector
3.6
P/E Ratio
LAD
8.3
Sector
17.3
ROE
LAD
11.8
Sector
13.0
Piotroski F
LAD
3.0
Sector
6.0

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