Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD

Consumer Cyclical · Auto & Truck Dealerships · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$7.07B
Market Cap
$6.74B
Margin of Safety
4.8%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
1.05

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

7.27B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

7.52B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

6.43B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

7.07B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

7.07B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

6.74B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

1.05×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety +4.8% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 7.27B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)23.48B USD
−②Net Debt Today16.22B USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value7.27B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

23.48B USD

Net debt today

-16.22B USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

7.27B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

23.48B USD

②Net Debt Today

16.22B USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap6.74B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+7.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 7.52B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE5.41B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today2.11B USD
=Value7.52B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

5.41B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

2.11B USD

Market value

Market Cap6.74B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+10.4%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 6.43B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (a change in working capital above half the operating profit in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 6.43B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap6.74B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-4.7%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 5.92%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 1.23×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 11.88%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 282.78M USDPretax Income 1.11B USD= 25.49%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 1.89B USD−Pretax Income 1.11B USD= 780.08M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 780.08M USDTotal Debt 16.58B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 25.49%)= 3.51%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 16.58B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 6.74B USD + 16.58B USD= 71.11%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 28.89%×Cost of Equity 11.88%+Debt Weight 71.11%×Cost of Debt 3.51%= 5.92%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 26.27B USD − Total Liabilities 19.84B USD = Book Value Today 6.43B USD

Total Debt 16.58B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 364.26M USD = Net Debt Today 16.22B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-19.7%at most 5%passes22,000,000 / 27,400,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets-1.8%at least -10.0%passes(357.06M USD − 820.42M USD) ÷ 26.27B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today1.05×at most 3×passes6.74B USD ÷ 6.43B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue3.8%above 10.0%does not pass1.43B USD ÷ 37.67B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 14.0%above 10.0%does not pass37.67B USD / 36.22B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-240.8%above -30%does not pass(364.26M USD − 16.58B USD) ÷ 6.74B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit24.9%above 25.0%does not pass1.43B USD ÷ 5.74B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

306 USD

Enterprise value

23.22B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

12.07×

Price / book

1.05×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

10.13×

Return on equity

10.7%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

1.9%

Revenue growth

2.2%

Analyst target, mean

448 USD

Analysts

15

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

28.22B31.07B36.22B37.67B

Gross profit

5.16B5.23B5.57B5.74B

Operating income

1.90B1.64B1.45B1.43B

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

2.19B2.16B2.26B2.30B

Pretax income

1.73B1.36B1.07B1.11B

Net income

1.25B1.00B797.50M820.42M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

1.25B996.74M785.90M831.76M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

15.02B19.65B23.15B25.13B

Total liabilities

9.77B13.36B16.46B18.50B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

5.21B6.22B6.66B6.61B

Total debt

8.00B11.34B13.88B15.50B

Cash and equivalents

246.95M942.34M402.60M342.14M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

3.96B4.46B5.29B5.66B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

1.45B2.01B1.22B1.16B
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

-610.71M-472.87M425.53M357.06M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-303.40M-230.43M-351.75M-351.25M

Depreciation and amortisation

228.33M264.86M390.19M415.31M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

-914.11M-703.30M73.77M5.81M