secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T13:05:00+00:00
Accession:  0001023128-26-000047
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 Q2 EPS $11.54 (+17% YoY), revenue $9.8B record, dividend raised 23%
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- Q2 diluted EPS $11.54 (up 17% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $10.03 (up 9% YoY).
- Record Q2 revenue $9.8B (+2% YoY); net income $261.6M (+1.3% YoY).
- Quarterly dividend increased 23% to $0.70/share, payable Aug 21 to holders of record Aug 7.
- Repurchased $242M of shares (3.7% of outstanding) in Q2; $620M remaining under authorization.
- Acquired 5 stores ($340M annualized revenue) and divested 3 stores ($120M annualized revenue).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000047/0001023128-26-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000047/lad-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000047

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