At the time of writing, Lithia Motors, Inc [LAD] stock is trading at $358.09, down -1.31%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The LAD shares have gain 2.59% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.91%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Lithia Motors, Inc [NYSE: LAD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2025, when The Benchmark Company initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $400. Previously, Stephens started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on September 12, 2024, and set its price target to $360. On August 09, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $338 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $280 on June 10, 2024. Guggenheim downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Evercore ISI started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on January 17, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $400. In a note dated October 31, 2023, JP Morgan downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $295.
For the past year, the stock price of Lithia Motors, Inc fluctuated between $243.00 and $405.67. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $363 within the next 12 months. Lithia Motors, Inc [NYSE: LAD] shares were valued at $358.09 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.37% based on the average LAD price forecast.
Analyzing the LAD fundamentals
According to Lithia Motors, Inc [NYSE:LAD], the company’s sales were 34.69B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 11.41% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.15% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.13.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 353.53 points at the first support level, and at 348.97 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 363.08, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 368.06.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Lithia Motors, Inc [NYSE:LAD] has a current ratio of 1.18. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.27 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.27, the price to book ratio is 1.44 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.22.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Stork David, Chief Administrative Officer, that happened on Dec 10 ’24 when 267.0 shares were sold. Officer, Stork David completed a deal on Dec 10 ’24 to buy 267.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer Miller Tina sold 1000.0 shares on Nov 27 ’24.
