Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)
Consumer Cyclical · NYQ
Price as at 11 Aug 2026, 19:52 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Lithia Motors, Inc. trades at USD379.77, which is 26% above the USD280.01 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 19 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 11.1 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
LAD dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | USD1.82 | 3 |
| 2025 | USD2.18 | 4 |
| 2024 | USD2.09 | 4 |
| 2023 | USD1.92 | 4 |
| 2022 | USD1.61 | 4 |
| 2021 | USD1.36 | 4 |
| 2020 | USD1.22 | 4 |
| 2019 | USD1.19 | 4 |
| 2018 | USD1.14 | 4 |
| 2017 | USD1.06 | 4 |
| 2016 | USD0.950 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
LAD earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 16 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Lithia Motors, Inc.
Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Vehicle Operations and Financing Operations. It offers a range of products and services fulfilling the entire vehicle ownership lifecycle, including new and used vehicles, financing and insurance products, and aftersales automotive repair and maintenance services. The company provides its products and services through a network of physical locations, e-commerce platforms, captive finance solutions, fleet management offerings, and other synergistic adjacencies. Lithia Motors, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Medford, Oregon.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
Super investor ownership
15 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- David Abrams, ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.$723.48M · 13.2% of book
- Bill Nygren, HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P$556.38M · 0.7% of book
- Lyrical Asset Management, LYRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LP$115.03M · 1.8% of book
- Leon Cooperman, COOPERMAN LEON G$98.77M · 2.8% of book
- Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$49.78M · 0.1% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of USD280.01, LAD at USD379.77 is 26% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own LAD?
15 of the institutions we track reported a position in LAD in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is LAD's P/E ratio?
LAD trades at 11.1 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) pay a dividend?
Yes. Lithia Motors, Inc. yields 0.73% at the current share price. It has paid USD2.37 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 16 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its LAD data?
Fundamentals for LAD come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 11 Aug 2026, 19:52 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.