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Lithia Motors Inc (LAD) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

Lithia Motors runs car dealerships across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, split into Vehicle Operations and Financing Operations. It sells new and used vehicles, arranges financing and insurance, and offers repair and maintenance work, reaching customers through physical stores, online platforms and fleet services.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for LAD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -2.05 · down 2.95 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-05
How it trades on rate days beta 0.64 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How LAD has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.64 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Lithia Motors Inc moved 0.64% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 60% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.43 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +1.06% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.84% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LAD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Lithia Motors Inc

LAD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Lithia Motors runs car dealerships across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, split into Vehicle Operations and Financing Operations. It sells new and used vehicles, arranges financing and insurance, and offers repair and maintenance work, reaching customers through physical stores, online platforms and fleet services. It is based in Medford, Oregon.
Where it sits in the stack
Lithia carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, within the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for Lithia in our records; the comparison the market often draws is with CarMax as another large dealership operator.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a Russell 1000 constituent; it carries no Closelooknet score and no quotes have run in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the stock's slide from its 52-week high steadies or extends, since the chart shows it running two sessions lower and further below its 50-day average than its 200-day one.

Lithia Motors Inc (LAD) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Craig-Hallum, 2026-10-22

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for LAD from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Craig-Hallum — target 400 from 500 Target cut to $400 from $500 (+41.5% to spot) 2026-10-22
  • Price target UBS — target 305 from 335 Target cut to $305 from $335 (+7.8% to spot) 2026-10-22

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.75%, quarterly · last 0.70 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What LAD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.37 USD per share · a 0.75% yield on the 2026-11-05 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-05
  • Change on the year +9.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.16 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.70 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.50 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.09 USD · 2025: 2.18 USD · 2026: 1.82 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-06

Quick answers

What is Lithia Motors Inc (LAD)?

Lithia Motors Inc trades as LAD on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-06.

Is LAD in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Lithia Motors Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-06.

Where does LAD trade against its moving averages?

Lithia Motors Inc trades 0.3% below its 50-day and 3.2% above its 200-day moving average (7.5% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Lithia Motors Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States), Lithia Motors Inc (LAD) sits 27.8% below its 52-week high, 0.3% below its 50-day average; Valvoline Inc (VVV) is 12.8% below, Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG) is 6.5% below, CarMax Inc (KMX) is 19.4% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to LAD in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Lithia Motors Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Lithia Motors Inc had a beta of 0.64 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 60% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +1.06% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-05; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Lithia Motors Inc do?

Lithia Motors runs car dealerships across the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, split into Vehicle Operations and Financing Operations. It sells new and used vehicles, arranges financing and insurance, and offers repair and maintenance work, reaching customers through physical stores, online platforms and fleet services. It is based in Medford, Oregon. No peer group is set for Lithia in our records; the comparison the market often draws is with CarMax as another large dealership operator. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Lithia Motors Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Lithia carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, within the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks. It is a Russell 1000 constituent; it carries no Closelooknet score and no quotes have run in the diary's editions. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Lithia Motors Inc pay a dividend?

Lithia Motors Inc has paid 2.37 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.75% on the 2026-11-05 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.70 USD on 2026-08-07. As of 2026-11-05; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Lithia Motors Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Lithia Motors Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Craig-Hallum on 2026-10-22 (target 400 from 500). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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