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) Return on assets

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Lithia Motors, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.07%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.40%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.40% (fiscal 2025) to 11.1% (fiscal 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 0.75% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.40% (0.33)
FY2024 3.73% (2.05)
FY2023 5.78% (3.79)
FY2022 9.57% (1.56)
FY2021 11.1% 4.40
FY2020 6.73% 2.00
FY2019 4.73% (0.55)
FY2018 5.28% (0.47)
FY2017 5.75% 0.17
FY2016 5.58% (0.41)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.40% High 11.1%
Ten-year median 5.75%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.95%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.66%
PAG Penske Automotive Group, Inc. compare 5.08%
AN AutoNation, Inc. compare 4.84%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 4.04%
VVV Valvoline compare 3.36%
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. 3.07%
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 1.10%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare −0.93%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 0.75%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.47%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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