secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001023128-25-000018
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lithia Motors Q4 revenue record $9.2B (+20% YoY); EPS $8.12 (+5%); declares $0.53 dividend
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000018/0001023128-25-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000018/lad-20250212.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000018

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