Lithia Motors is a retailer of new and used vehicles and related services. The company offers about 50 brands of vehicles at nearly 500 stores globally across the US, Canada, and UK. The company has expanded largely through the acquisition of dealerships in smaller regional markets but now seeks to grow in any part of the US and we expect more deals over time in the US and, at times, abroad. Annual revenue in 2023 was $31 billion and we see over $50 billion possible in a few years. The US was 90% of 2023 revenue and the UK second at 6%, the latter should rise significantly with the Pendragon acquisition. In 2023, new-car sales were about 49% of total revenue. Lithia was founded in 1946, went public in 1996, and is the largest US auto dealer. It is based in Medford, Oregon.

Financial Strength

5/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	0.08
Equity-to-Asset	0.32
Debt-to-Equity	1.82
Debt-to-EBITDA	5.8
Interest Coverage	5.36
Piotroski F-Score	2/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	2.66	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-1.8	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	27.3
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	25.4
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	26.5
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	31.2
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	3.4
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	13.35

Momentum Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	53.83
	9-Day RSI	45.7
	14-Day RSI	42.6
	6-1 Month Momentum %	22.89
	12-1 Month Momentum %	35.53

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	1.41
	Quick Ratio	0.45
	Cash Ratio	0.19
	Days Inventory	58.56
	Days Sales Outstanding	4.06
	Days Payable	4.16

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	0.78
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.05
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	16.3
	Forward Dividend Yield %	0.82
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	1.31
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	-1.1
	Shareholder Yield %	-45.01

Profitability Rank

9/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	16.85
	Operating Margin %	5.61
	Net Margin %	3.23
	FCF Margin %	-1.23
	ROE %	17.49
	ROA %	5.75
	ROIC %	8.15
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	21.73
	ROCE %	12.68
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	7.76
	Forward PE Ratio	7.11
	PE Ratio without NRI	7.61
	Shiller PE Ratio	12.47
	PEG Ratio	0.24
	PS Ratio	0.23
	PB Ratio	1.16
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	3.83
	EV-to-EBIT	11.85
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	12.06
	EV-to-EBITDA	10.22
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	10.35
	EV-to-Revenue	0.59
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	0.51
	EV-to-FCF	-27.21
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.01
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	0.23
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	0.78
	Price-to-Peter-Lynch-Fair-Value	0.29
	Price-to-Graham-Number	1.1
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	8.44
	FCF Yield %	-5.56
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	22.6

GF Value: $370.52

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