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LAD

LITHIA MOTORS INC
NYSE· Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations· Inc. OR· CIK 0001023128 Consumer & Retail
$286.84 −8.73 (−2.95%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $295.57
Market cap
$6.4B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
75% Buy or better · 20 analysts
Median target
$387.00
+35% · range $305.00–490.00
1 year
−10.9%
from $321.76 · Oct 27
30 days
−5.4%
from $303.07
52-week range
$243.00–427.48
−33% from high · low Mar 20
Avg volume 20D
420.5K
Oct 21 spike 1.07M
Short interest
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Insider net
−$396.3K
0 buyers · 4 sellers · 12 mo
New fund stakes
2
Q2 2026 13F · 1 exit
Filing reports
15
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read MIXED 8 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 2 bullish · 2 mixed · 4 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 6/8
Strongest MIXED Lithia Motors (LAD) reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $10.34, a 9% YoY increase and above consensus of $9.70…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    4 insiders sold $396.3K.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 31 added (2 new), 31 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Squarepoint Ops $38.1M, Woodline Partners $18.2M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    15 of 20 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    13% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
2
new positions
1
exit
$56.3M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCDOUBLED452,699$131.5M
UBS Group AGTRIM274,345$79.7M
MORGAN STANLEYADD248,365$72.1M
JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLPDOUBLED188,101$54.9M
NORGES BANKTRIM158,545$46.1M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD138,228$40.2M
Squarepoint Ops LLCNEW131,322$38.1M
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INCTRIM116,733$33.9M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

20 analysts
Buy 75% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy7Buy8Hold5Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 15 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +35%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 23, 2026Citigroup
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Oct 23, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Oct 22, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Oct 22, 2026JP Morgan
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Oct 12, 2026Evercore ISI Group
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Oct 7, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$396.3K
sold · 4 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 1, 2026
Macaddino Katherine Lee
Chief People Officer
AWARD47 sh
Sep 25, 2026
O'NEILL HEIDI
Director
TO ISSUER540 sh
Sep 11, 2026
Loretz Congdon Stacy
Director
SELL$27.8K
Sep 8, 2026
Stork David
Chief Administrative Officer
SELL$119.5K
Aug 3, 2026
DEBOER SIDNEY B
Director
TAX W/H$31.2K
Jun 12, 2026
Loretz Congdon Stacy
Director
SELL$23.6K
Jun 10, 2026
McIntyre Shauna
Director
SELL$50.4K
May 26, 2026
Bailey Richard J Jr
Director
SELL$83.3K

Earnings setup

Estimates

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Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
🔒 Subscribers only
shares short
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 21, 2026 SEC
Lithia Motors (LAD) reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $10.34, a 9% YoY increase and above consensus of $9.70 (+6.6%…
8-K — Impact 6/10
Oct 21, 2026 Earnings result
LAD Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $13.22 (+34.0% vs est)
Oct 1, 2026 Insider
Macaddino Katherine Lee was granted 47 shares
Chief People Officer
Sep 29, 2026 SEC
Lithia & Driveway announced it will report its Q3 2026 results on October 21, 2026.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Sep 25, 2026 SEC
Board member Heidi L. O'Neill resigned from the Lithia Motors board for personal reasons, effective immediately. The…
8-K — Impact 2/10
Sep 25, 2026 Insider
O'NEILL HEIDI disposed of 540 shares
Director
Sep 11, 2026 Insider
Loretz Congdon Stacy sold 75 shares
Director @ $370.73 ($27.8K)
Aug 25, 2026 Press
Lithia & Driveway appointed Scott Cooke, former President and CEO of Toyota Financial Services, as Operations…
Impact 3/10
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Oct 21, 2026
Earnings result
LAD Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $13.22 (+34.0% vs est)
Oct 6, 2026
Press release
Lithia & Driveway Names Katie Macaddino Chief People Officer
Lithia & Driveway Names Katie Macaddino Chief People Officer
Sep 29, 2026
Earnings
Lithia & Driveway (LAD) Schedules Release of Third Quarter 2026 Results
MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today announced its third quarter 2026 results will be released…
Sep 8, 2026
M&A
Lithia & Driveway (LAD) Continues Strategic Network Expansion in Texas with Rockwall Hyundai Acquisition and Provides Share Repurchase Update
MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today announced the acquisition of Rockwall Hyundai in Rockwall…
Sep 1, 2026
Press release
Lithia & Driveway Invests in More than 200 Youth Nonprofits Nationwide through Lithia4Kids Community Giving Grants
MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today announced the company is investing $500,000 in more than 200…

SecBot reports

15 filings · 2 press releases · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 mixed · 7 neutral
All LAD filing & press-release reports (17)