---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023128-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAD"
cik: "0001023128"
company_name: "LITHIA MOTORS INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:12:06.330407+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lithia Motors Q4 EPS $5.72 (-28% YoY); record FY revenue $37.63B; $0.55 dividend

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $5.72 (down 28% YoY), adjusted $6.74 (down 12%); revenue $9.20B (+0.3%).
- Full year revenue record $37.63B (+4.0%); GAAP EPS $32.32 (+10%), adjusted $33.46 (+16%).
- Used revenue +6.1%, aftersales +10.9% same-store; financing record $23M income.
- Repurchased $947M of shares in 2025 (11.4% of outstanding); $621.6M remaining authorization.
- Board declares $0.55 quarterly dividend payable March 20, 2026 to holders of record March 6.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023128-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAD
- cik: 0001023128
- company_name: LITHIA MOTORS INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000004/0001023128-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000004/lad-20260211.htm

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