secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001023128-22-000116
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lithia Motors Q3 revenue $7.3B, diluted EPS $11.92; declares $0.42 dividend
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- Revenue $7.3B (+18% YoY); diluted EPS $11.92 (+18% YoY) — both Q3 records.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $11.08 (-1% YoY); currency headwind of $0.54/share.
- Net income $330M (+7%); adjusted net income $307M (-10%).
- Dividend $0.42/share payable Nov 18 to holders of record Nov 11.
- YTD repurchased ~2.3M shares at ~$281 avg price; ~$77M remaining authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312822000116/0001023128-22-000116-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312822000116/lad-20221019.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-22-000116

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