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) Gross margin

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Lithia Motors, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.1%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.0% (fiscal 2015) to 18.7% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 18.4% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.2% (0.14)
FY2024 15.4% (1.47)
FY2023 16.8% (1.44)
FY2022 18.3% (0.37)
FY2021 18.7% 1.70
FY2020 17.0% 1.53
FY2019 15.4% 0.39
FY2018 15.0% 0.00
FY2017 15.0% 0.03
FY2016 15.0% 0.05

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 15.0% (0.25)
Jun 2026 15.3% (0.04)
Mar 2026 15.3% 0.42
Dec 2025 14.9% (0.24)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.0% High 18.7%
Ten-year median 15.4%
Current reading's percentile 30

Gross margin against peers

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OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare 45.6%
VVV Valvoline compare 38.3%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 19.7%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 19.3%
AN AutoNation, Inc. compare 17.7%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 17.1%
PAG Penske Automotive Group, Inc. compare 16.0%
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. 15.1%
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 10.3%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 18.4%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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