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

LAD POWR Grades

• LAD scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 85.86% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LAD is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• LAD ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 22nd percentile.

LAD Stock Summary

• Lithia Motors Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 90.5% of US listed stocks.
• LAD's price/sales ratio is 0.58; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 11.9% of US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for LAD comes in at -28.18% -- higher than that of only 9.73% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to LAD, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are AN, ARW, UAA, ABG, and GPI.
• LAD's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Lithia Motors Inc's official 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 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 20.14%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 998.12%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 200.88%.

LAD's revenue has moved up $8,983,003,000 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
2021-06-30	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
2020-06-30	12,163.7	1,045.1	277.1
2020-03-31	12,626.8	544	261.3

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 27.91% of graded US stocks.
• LAD's asset turnover comes in at 2.195 -- ranking 37th of 164 Retail stocks.
• ABG, BBBY, and M are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LAD.

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