Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD): Price and Financial Metrics

LAD POWR Grades

• LAD scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 96.13% of US stocks.
• LAD's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• LAD ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 23rd percentile.

LAD Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for LAD is 4.94 -- better than 91.94% of US stocks.
• LAD's price/sales ratio is 0.43; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 9.35% of US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Lithia Motors Inc comes in at 73.97%, a number that bests 88.42% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Lithia Motors Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be ARW, WCC, MHK, BLDR, and FLO.
• Visit LAD's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lithiainvestorrelations.com.

LAD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, LAD's EV/EBIT ratio is 32.34% lower, now standing at 11.3.
• Over the past 243 months, LAD's price/earnings ratio has gone up 2.
• Over the past 243 months, LAD's price/earnings ratio has gone up 2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LAD.

LAD Growth Metrics

Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 670.83%.
• The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at 56.7%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 43.09%.

LAD's revenue has moved up $13,156,231,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows LAD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	22,831.7	1,797.2	1,060.1
2021-09-30	20,464	1,730.8	956.6
2021-06-30	17,914.4	1,015.7	807.5
2021-03-31	14,663.6	916.9	580.3
2020-12-31	13,124.3	542.2	470.3
2020-09-30	12,451.5	846.6	350.7

LAD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LAD has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 39.29% of graded US stocks.
• LAD's asset turnover comes in at 2.246 -- ranking 33rd of 165 Retail stocks.
• ABG, PAG, and BOOT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LAD.

The table below shows LAD's key quality metrics over time.