Valuation
26% of the score
93median 53
Lithia Motors, Inc. is valued at 10.3x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
10.3x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
LADLithia Motors, Inc.
$295.39-2.8% 1Y
$295.39
$242.5252 weeks$386.85
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 67 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Lithia Motors, Inc. scores higher than 71% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and cycle position, held back by the balance sheet and earnings quality.
Consumer Cyclical median 66 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time74
76
70
69
68
65
67
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was down 6 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly earnings quality.
Return on capital
18% of the score
56median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 10% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
10%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.9%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
62median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 6 cents. New capital earned 3.4%, and 163% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
5.5%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
57median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.1% a year over 5 years: new shares
495%
-3%
1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 26% a year, sales 23%
6712%
-2%
2.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
91median 63
Today's operating margin of 4.1% is 0.78x its normal 5.2%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 4.1%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
20median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA5.1x a year of EBITDA
04.5x
0.5x
5.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
391.5x
12x
5.6x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
39median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.12x profit over 3 years
00.7x
1x
1.3x
0.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 1.9% of assets
468%
0%
-8%
1.9%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.43
71-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.43
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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