profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Lithia Motors
$297.17-4.83% today
-0.9% in 1 year
1-year low $243.001-year high $427.48
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.84 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Lithia Motors sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $28.2 billion in 2022 to $37.6 billion in 2025, with $820 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Lithia Motors handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $961M
Free cash flow 2025$6M
Bought back its own shares$961M
Paid as dividends$55M
Cash vs. debt$342M vs. $15.5B
Lithia Motors vs. similar companies
Lithia Motors grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithia Motors | 7.8× · Cheap | ||
 Penske Automotive Group | 15.0× · Cheap | ||
 CarMax | 30.2× · Expensive | ||
 Rush Enterprises | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Openlane | 23.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Lithia Motors's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,127 | 22,832 | 28,188 | 31,042 | 36,188 | 37,635 | |
| 2,224 | 4,259 | 5,152 | 5,229 | 5,561 | 5,733 | |
| – | – | 1,901 | 1,640 | 1,454 | 1,429 | |
| – | – | 2,188 | 2,158 | 2,254 | 2,303 | |
| 470 | 1,060 | 1,251 | 1,001 | 797 | 820 | |
| 19.53 | 36.54 | 44.17 | 36.29 | 29.65 | 32.32 | |
| 16.9% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 16.8% | 15.4% | 15.2% | |
| – | – | 6.7% | 5.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% | |
| 3.6% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,902 | 11,147 | 15,007 | 19,633 | 23,123 | 25,107 |
| Cash | 160 | 153 | 247 | 941 | 402 | 342 |
| Total debt | – | – | 7,994 | 11,328 | 13,862 | 15,484 |
| Total liabilities | 5,241 | 6,484 | 9,756 | 13,350 | 16,449 | 18,479 |
| 2,662 | 4,626 | 5,206 | 6,214 | 6,650 | 6,603 | |
| 24 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | |
| – | – | 11.7% | 8.5% | 7.2% | 6.8% | |
| 17.7% | 22.9% | 24.0% | 16.1% | 12.0% | 12.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 545 | 1,797 | -610 | -472 | 425 | 357 | |
| 168 | 260 | 303 | 230 | 351 | 351 | |
| 377 | 1,537 | -913 | -703 | 74 | 6 | |
| Dividends paid | 29 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 57 | 55 |
| 51 | 231 | 688 | 49 | 366 | 961 | |
| 23 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 58 | 60 |
Valuation
- 7.8×
- 8.7×
- 0.74
- 1.0×
- 0.2×
- 1,107.7×
- 9.4×
- 0.1%
- 12.8%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 15.2%
- 3.8%
- 2.2%
- 5.6%
- 4.4%
- 6.8%
- 10.6%
- 2.8%
- 8.1%
- –
Growth
- +23.4%
- +10.6%
- +160.4%
- +12.3%
- −3.2%
Financial health
- 4.4×
- 1.51
- 37.6%
- 2.0×
- 0.99
- 0.24
- 1.47
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 25%of 977
Bottom 21%of 992
Top 8%of 856
Top 13%of 993
Bottom 16%of 980
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $411.67
- Range
- $355.00 – $500.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 7.34 | 7.06 | +4.0% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 6.74 | 8.09 | −16.7% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 9.50 | 8.53 | +11.4% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 10.24 | 9.24 | +10.8% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 7.66 | 7.86 | −2.5% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 7.79 | 7.33 | +6.3% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 8.21 | 7.60 | +8.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 7.87 | 7.03 | +11.9% |
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
+12.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.76 in 2015 → $2.18 in 2025
How safe it looks
6.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 953.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
34No pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
64Pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
24No pass
Terry Smith
19No pass
Questions about Lithia Motors
Is Lithia Motors a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Lithia Motors AI analysis
What does Lithia Motors do?
Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Domestic, Import, and Luxury. It is in Auto - Dealerships, based in Medford, OR, United States, with 30,000 employees.
Does Lithia Motors pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year, about 7% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $55.3 million in dividends.
Is Lithia Motors stock halal?
No. Lithia Motors does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 241% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Lithia Motors stock done over the past year?
Down 0.9% over the past twelve months, to $297.17. It traded between $243.00 and $427.48 and is 30.5% below its high.
Who are Lithia Motors's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Penske Automotive Group, CarMax, Rush Enterprises and Openlane. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Lithia Motors's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.