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 invested capital

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Lithia Motors, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.05%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.19%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.19% (fiscal 2025) to 13.3% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 6.38% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.19% (0.51)
FY2024 6.70% (1.72)
FY2023 8.42% (3.14)
FY2022 11.6% (1.65)
FY2021 13.2% 3.86
FY2020 9.35% (1.49)
FY2019 10.8% (0.12)
FY2018 11.0% (1.37)
FY2017 12.3% (0.48)
FY2016 12.8% (0.46)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.19% High 13.3%
Ten-year median 11.0%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
VVV Valvoline compare 9.72%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 9.44%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 9.32%
PAG Penske Automotive Group, Inc. compare 9.11%
AN AutoNation, Inc. compare 8.69%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare 8.68%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 6.38%
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. 6.05%
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 1.58%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 6.38%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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