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How Lithia Motors, Inc. stacks up
LAD · against 361 other Consumer Cyclical companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
42/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #221 of 362 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score25 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including LAD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 42?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Cyclical norm.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 68% of peers. Operating margin: 3.8% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 7.3%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.9% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LAD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LAD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 6.1% | 9.5% | 36% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 362 reported | 3.8% | 7.1% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 358 reported | 3.9% | 4.1% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 315 reported | 10.7% | 11.8% | 48% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 363 reported | 15.4% | 36.0% | 13% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LAD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 1 | 2.4B USD | 99 | 65 | |
| 1 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 10.7B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 1 | 6.5B USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 218 | 168M USD | 43 | 41 | |
| 221 | 1.3B USD | 42 | 44 | |
| 221 | 454M USD | 42 | 45 | |
| 221 | 4.6B USD | 42 | 44 | |
| 221 | 6.6B USD | 42 | 42 | |
| 221 | 1.0B USD | 42 | 36 | |
| 226 | 3.2B USD | 41 | 42 | |
| 226 | 571M USD | 41 | 30 | |
| 228 | 326M USD | 40 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score