LAD Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Lithia Motors | NYSE:LAD)

Lithia Motors is a retailer of new and used vehicles and related services. The company offers nearly 60 brands of vehicles at nearly 500 stores globally across the US, Canada, and UK. The company has expanded largely through the acquisition of dealerships in smaller regional markets but now seeks to grow in any part of the US. We expect more deals over time in the US and, at times, abroad. Annual revenue in 2025 was $37.6 billion, and we see over $50 billion possible in a few years. The US was 78.5% of 2025 revenue and the UK second at 18.4%, due to the 2024 Pendragon acquisition. In 2025, new vehicle sales were about 50% of total revenue. Lithia was founded in 1946, went public in 1996, and is the largest US auto dealer. It is based in Medford, Oregon.

Lithia Motors trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol LAD.

As of August 3, 2026, LAD stock price declined to $377.91 with 425,625 million shares trading.

LAD has a beta of 1.40, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. LAD has a correlation of 0.19 to the broad based SPY ETF.

LAD has a market cap of $8.31 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter Lithia Motors reported $10 billion in Revenue and $10.03 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $146 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $1.33.

In the last 3 years, LAD traded as high as $439.49 and as low as $231.36.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that LAD belongs to (by Net Assets): IJH, VTI, VB, AVUV, VBR.

LAD has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +32.0% while the SPY ETF gained +21.1%. LAD has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +30.5% and +12.7%, respectively, while the SPY returned +5.7% and +1.9%, respectively.

LAD support price is $375.91 and resistance is $394.93 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that LAD shares will trade within this expected range on the day.