secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001023128-25-000123
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lithia Motors Q3 revenue record $9.7B, EPS $8.61 up 11% YoY, dividend $0.55
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- Q3 revenue $9.7B (+5% YoY); diluted EPS $8.61 (+11%); adjusted EPS $9.50 (+17%).
- Same-store revenue up 7.7%; used retail same-store up 11.8%; aftersales gross profit up 9.1%.
- Repurchased 1.312M shares at avg $312 in Q3; $889.3M remaining under authorization.
- Acquired three Palm Beach dealerships adding $220M annualized revenue; YTD acquisitions total $620M.
- Board declared $0.55/share dividend, payable Nov 21, record Nov 7.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000123/0001023128-25-000123-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000123/lad-20251022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000123

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