As on Wednesday, Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) started slowly as it slid -6.11% to $248.34, before settling in for the price of $264.49 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, LAD posted a 52-week range of $206.69-$331.96.
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It was noted that the giant of the Consumer Cyclical sector posted annual sales growth of 23.66% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 27.30%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -14.50%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $27.40 million, simultaneously with a float of $27.03 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $6.84 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $284.31, while the 200-day Moving Average is $289.15.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry. Lithia Motors, Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.82%, in contrast to 105.07% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 16 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 135 shares at the rate of 297.84, making the entire transaction reach 40,208 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 1,662. Preceding that transaction, on Nov 20 ’23, Company’s Director sold 90 for 275.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 24,750. This particular insider is now the holder of 1,797 in total.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) Earnings and Revenue Records
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/31/2023, the company posted 8.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 8.77) by -0.33. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 9.24 per share during the current fiscal year.
Lithia Motors, Inc.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -14.50% and is forecasted to reach 37.21 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 3.40% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 27.30% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.45. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 7.98. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $6.84, and its Beta score is 1.58. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.22.
In the same vein, LAD’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 36.29, a figure that is expected to reach 8.66 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 37.21 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Lithia Motors, Inc., LAD], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.4 million was better the volume of 0.22 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 29.12% While, its Average True Range was 8.02.
Raw Stochastic average of Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 0.59%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 1.38% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 30.85% that was lower than 37.79% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
