{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001023128-25-000018","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LAD","cik":"0001023128","company_name":"LITHIA MOTORS INC","filed_at":"2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:02.726422+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-26T22:36:10.318319+00:00","sec_items":["2.02","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"earnings","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.8,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.8,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lithia Motors Q4 revenue record $9.2B (+20% YoY); EPS $8.12 (+5%); declares $0.53 dividend","bullets":["Q4 revenue $9.2B (+20% YoY); GAAP EPS $8.12 (+5%), adjusted EPS $7.79 (-6%). Net income flat at $217M.","Full-year revenue $36.2B (+17%); GAAP EPS $29.65 (-18%), adjusted EPS $29.96 (-19%).","Driveway Finance (DFC) posted first profitable year: income $15.4M versus $45.9M loss in 2023.","Dividend of $0.53/share declared, payable March 21 to holders of record March 7.","Acquired Stohlman Subaru (Jan 2025, adds $80M annual revenue); repurchased $348M shares in 2024."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000018","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000018.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000018.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000018.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000018/0001023128-25-000018-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000018/lad-20250212.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-26T22:36:10.318319+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}