LAD Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

AutoNation has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Lithia Motors's net margin of 2.58%. Lithia Motors's return on equity of 12.36% beat AutoNation's return on equity of 29.88%.

Lithia Motors has a consensus price target of $427.63, signalling upside risk potential of 46.66%. On the other hand AutoNation has an analysts' consensus of $207.55 which suggests that it could grow by 23.67%. Given that Lithia Motors has higher upside potential than AutoNation, analysts believe Lithia Motors is more attractive than AutoNation.

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.609, which suggesting that the stock is 60.889% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison AutoNation has a beta of 1.151, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 15.069%.

Lithia Motors has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.73%. AutoNation offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Lithia Motors pays 7.05% of its earnings as a dividend. AutoNation pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend. Lithia Motors's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lithia Motors quarterly revenues are $9.2B, which are larger than AutoNation quarterly revenues of $7.2B. Lithia Motors's net income of $216.2M is higher than AutoNation's net income of $186.1M. Notably, Lithia Motors's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while AutoNation's PE ratio is 9.91x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lithia Motors is 0.22x versus 0.26x for AutoNation. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Lithia Motors's net margin of 3.06%. Lithia Motors's return on equity of 12.36% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 18.34%.

Lithia Motors has a consensus price target of $427.63, signalling upside risk potential of 46.66%. On the other hand Penske Automotive Group has an analysts' consensus of $172.82 which suggests that it could grow by 13.97%. Given that Lithia Motors has higher upside potential than Penske Automotive Group, analysts believe Lithia Motors is more attractive than Penske Automotive Group.

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.609, which suggesting that the stock is 60.889% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.034, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 3.403%.

Lithia Motors has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.73%. Penske Automotive Group offers a yield of 2.93% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.22 per share. Lithia Motors pays 7.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Penske Automotive Group pays out 29.86% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lithia Motors quarterly revenues are $9.2B, which are larger than Penske Automotive Group quarterly revenues of $7.7B. Lithia Motors's net income of $216.2M is lower than Penske Automotive Group's net income of $236.4M. Notably, Lithia Motors's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Penske Automotive Group's PE ratio is 11.03x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lithia Motors is 0.22x versus 0.33x for Penske Automotive Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Lithia Motors's net margin of 3.72%. Lithia Motors's return on equity of 12.36% beat Rush Enterprises's return on equity of 15.01%.

Lithia Motors has a consensus price target of $427.63, signalling upside risk potential of 46.66%. On the other hand Rush Enterprises has an analysts' consensus of $68.50 which suggests that it could grow by 29.64%. Given that Lithia Motors has higher upside potential than Rush Enterprises, analysts believe Lithia Motors is more attractive than Rush Enterprises.

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.609, which suggesting that the stock is 60.889% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.965, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 3.544%.

Lithia Motors has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.73%. Rush Enterprises offers a yield of 1.34% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. Lithia Motors pays 7.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Rush Enterprises pays out 18.25% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lithia Motors quarterly revenues are $9.2B, which are larger than Rush Enterprises quarterly revenues of $2B. Lithia Motors's net income of $216.2M is higher than Rush Enterprises's net income of $74.8M. Notably, Lithia Motors's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Rush Enterprises's PE ratio is 14.17x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lithia Motors is 0.22x versus 0.55x for Rush Enterprises. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sonic Automotive has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Lithia Motors's net margin of 1.5%. Lithia Motors's return on equity of 12.36% beat Sonic Automotive's return on equity of 22.42%.

Lithia Motors has a consensus price target of $427.63, signalling upside risk potential of 46.66%. On the other hand Sonic Automotive has an analysts' consensus of $77.33 which suggests that it could grow by 28.72%. Given that Lithia Motors has higher upside potential than Sonic Automotive, analysts believe Lithia Motors is more attractive than Sonic Automotive.

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.609, which suggesting that the stock is 60.889% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.427, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 42.707%.

Lithia Motors has a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.73%. Sonic Automotive offers a yield of 2.16% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share. Lithia Motors pays 7.05% of its earnings as a dividend. Sonic Automotive pays out 18.89% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Lithia Motors quarterly revenues are $9.2B, which are larger than Sonic Automotive quarterly revenues of $3.9B. Lithia Motors's net income of $216.2M is higher than Sonic Automotive's net income of $58.6M. Notably, Lithia Motors's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Sonic Automotive's PE ratio is 9.72x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Lithia Motors is 0.22x versus 0.15x for Sonic Automotive. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.