LAD reports lower-than-expected Q1 results and hikes its quarterly dividend by 4% to 55 cents.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD ) Q1 2025 Earnings Call April 23, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Jardon Jaramillo - Investor Relations Bryan DeBoer - President and Chief Executive Officer Adam Chamberlain - Chief Operating Officer Tina Miller - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Chuck Lietz - Senior Vice President, Driveway Finance Conference Call Participants Ryan Sigdahl - Craig-Hallum Group John Murphy - Bank of America Rajat Gupta - JPMorgan Mark Jordan - Goldman Sachs Jeff Lick - Stephens Douglas Dutton - Evercore Ron Jewsikow - Guggenheim Daniela Haigian - Morgan Stanley Bret Jordan - Jefferies Colin Langan - Wells Fargo Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Lithia Motors First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
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Although the revenue and EPS for Lithia Motors (LAD) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Lithia Motors (LAD) came out with quarterly earnings of $7.66 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.77 per share. This compares to earnings of $6.11 per share a year ago.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Lithia Motors (LAD) for the quarter ended March 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
Lithia & Driveway, an American automotive dealership group, is now an $8 billion (by market cap) car dealership aggregator. The company has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years, with a 10-year dividend growth rate of 13.1%. Lithia & Driveway increased its revenue from $7.9 billion in FY 2015 to $36.2 billion in FY 2024, a compound annual growth rate of 18.4%.
LAD acquires Elk Grove Subaru in California to expand its presence in the Southwest region and boosts its share repurchase authorization by $350 million.
LAD's fourth-quarter 2024 earnings and sales surpass the Zacks Consensus Estimate and revenues rise year-over-year.
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 12, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Jardon Jaramillo - Senior Director, IR Bryan DeBoer - CEO, President & Director Adam Chamberlain - EVP & COO Tina Miller - SVP & CFO Conference Call Participants Ryan Sigdahl - Craig-Hallum Bret Jordan - Jefferies Rajat Gupta - JPMorgan Chris Bottiglieri - BNP Paribas Jeff Lick - Stephens John Murphy - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Colin Langan - Wells Fargo Ron Josey - Citi David Whiston - Morningstar Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Lithia Motors Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].
The headline numbers for Lithia Motors (LAD) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Lithia Motors (LAD) came out with quarterly earnings of $7.79 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.01 per share. This compares to earnings of $8.24 per share a year ago.