secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001023128-26-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000004/0001023128-26-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000004/lad-20260211.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000004

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