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LAD Short Interest

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%)
Pre-Market: $291.00 (+0.27, +0.09%)
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.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
52.1%
Short Ratio
of total volume
60.8%
20-Day Avg
63.6%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.1M
Short Volume
0.1M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 62,438 118,955 52.5%
NYSE 3,990 8,478 47.1%
BATS 77 102 75.4%

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