Lithia Motors (LAD) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $10.34
- Estimate
- $9.68
- Surprise
- +6.8%
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Lithia Motors (LAD) beat the $9.68 estimate with adjusted EPS of $10.34 — a clear 6.8% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Lithia Motors Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-10-21
- Meta, Tesla On Deck Wednesday As AI Spending, Auto Demand Face Test — benzinga, 2026-10-21
- Lithia Motors Boosts Dividend After Strong Quarter — benzinga, 2026-10-21
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LAD Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +6.8% surprise compares with a +3.0% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 6.2), Negative free cash flow
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $269.13
- Price target
- $368.16
- Stop
- $257.75
- Upside to target
- +36.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.4:1
The stock trades at 7.8× trailing but 6.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 29 — a level conventionally read as oversold; trading volume is running 2.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
LAD at TrendMatrix's latest read
Cyclical consumer names live and die on demand momentum — same-quarter comps and guidance carry more weight than the headline surprise.
- Industry
- Auto & Truck Dealerships
- Market cap
- $5.92B
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 7.8
- 52-week range
- $239.78–$439.49
- Off 52-week high
- 38.8%
- RSI (14)
- 29
- Volume vs avg
- 2.83×
- Score today
- 5.4/10