---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023128-21-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAD"
cik: "0001023128"
company_name: "LITHIA MOTORS INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:30:08.293687+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lithia Motors reports record Q3: revenue $6.2B (+70%), EPS $10.11 (+47%), declares $0.35 dividend

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $6.2B (+70% YoY); net income $309M (+95%); diluted EPS $10.11 (+47%).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $11.21 (+63%); excludes $1.10/sh non-core charges.
- Declared $0.35 per share cash dividend, payable Nov 19, 2021 to holders of record Nov 12.
- Acquired $1.7B annualized revenue in Q3; YTD acquisitions $6.2B; on track for $50B revenue target by 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023128-21-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAD
- cik: 0001023128
- company_name: LITHIA MOTORS INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312821000117/0001023128-21-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312821000117/lad-20211020.htm

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