Lithia Motors, Inc.

LAD Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships

Lithia Motors, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $37.6 billion, up 4.00% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+2.80%
EPS
+53.5%
Free cash flow
+39.8%
Total debt
+4.53%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

316.26 0.62 +0.20%
Market cap
$6.8B
P/E
9.1×
Fwd P/E
8.2×
Dividend yield
0.99%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
2.40
Beneish M
−2.45
Dividend safety
51/100

Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) Free cash flow margin

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Lithia Motors, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −1.05%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.10%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.18% (fiscal 2022) to 6.75% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 0.86% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 0.10% (0.14)
FY2024 0.24% 2.46
FY2023 −2.22% 0.96
FY2022 −3.18% (9.93)
FY2021 6.75% 3.83
FY2020 2.92% (0.25)
FY2019 3.17% 0.08
FY2018 3.09% 2.51
FY2017 0.58% 0.67
FY2016 −0.09% (0.05)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.18% High 6.75%
Ten-year median 0.24%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

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LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. −1.05%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 0.86%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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