Lithia Motors, Inc.

NYSE
LAD
Stock
Yield per half year: -11.16%
Dividend yield: 0.6563%
Sector: Industrials

Company Analysis Lithia Motors, Inc.

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (329.04 $) is less than fair price (338.3 $)
  • The stock's return over the last year (9.19%) is higher than the sector average (0.962%).
  • Current debt level 33.48% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 57.57%.

Disadvantages

  • Dividends (0.6563%) are below the sector average (1.64%).
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=12.46%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=24.05%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Lithia Motors, Inc. Industrials Index
7 days 2.5% 0% -0.3%
90 days 8.3% 0.6% 17.4%
1 year 9.2% 1% 11.1%

LAD vs Sector: Lithia Motors, Inc. has outperformed the "Industrials" sector by 8.23% over the past year.

LAD vs Market: Lithia Motors, Inc. has underperformed the market marginally by -1.94% over the past year.

Stable price: LAD is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: LAD with weekly volatility of 0.1767% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 12.07
P/S: 0.2674

3.2. Revenue

EPS 29.59
ROE 12.46%
ROA 3.75%
ROIC 15.45%
Ebitda margin 6.08%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (329.04 $) is lower than the fair price (338.3 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (329.04 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 2.8%.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (12.07) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (33.8).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (12.07) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.84).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.45) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.27).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.45) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (0.2674) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.45).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (0.2674) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (7.74) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (16.93).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (7.74) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.41).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 14.11% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (14.11%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-6.12%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (12.46%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.05%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (12.46%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.62%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (3.75%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (7.56%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (3.75%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (15.45%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (12.43%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (15.45%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.15%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (33.48%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 57.57% to 33.48%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 965.45%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.6563% is below the average for the sector '1.64%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.6563% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 0.6563% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 11 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (7.04%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Selling More insider purchases by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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