Lithia Motors (LAD) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Lithia Motors' (LAD) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.25 in Q1 2026, down 1.38% year-on-year from 0.26 in Q1 2025, and down 13.42% quarter-over-quarter from 0.29 in Q4 2025.

Lithia Motors (LAD) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lithia Motors has disclosed Debt Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.25 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.25, down 1.38% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.25 (down 1.38% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.29, down 19.18% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.25 for Q1 2026 at Lithia Motors, down from 0.29 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.38 in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.08 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.29 (2025), against an average of 0.26.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio sank 78.78% in 2023 and soared 210.79% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Lithia Motors' Debt Ratio stood at 0.37 in 2022, then rose by 0.4% to 0.37 in 2023, then decreased by 2.27% to 0.36 in 2024, then slipped by 19.18% to 0.29 in 2025, then slipped by 13.42% to 0.25 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.25 (Q1 2026), 0.29 (Q4 2025), and 0.09 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Uxin 18.05 Bn 18.09 Bn 11.57 Mn 0.02
2 Carvana 9.49 Bn 7.89 Bn 1.27 Bn 0.36
3 Carmax 6.94 Bn 6.35 Bn 605.26 Mn 0.59
4 Lithia Motors 6.76 Bn 6.78 Bn 1.42 Bn 0.25
5 Autonation 6.51 Bn 6.45 Bn 1.21 Bn 0.15
6 Rush Enterprises Inc \Tx\ 5.19 Bn 4.97 Bn 343.80 Mn 0.06
7 Valvoline 4.57 Bn 4.48 Bn 187.00 Mn 0.48
8 Openlane 3.88 Bn 3.84 Bn 256.20 Mn 0.11
9 Group 1 Automotive 3.69 Bn 3.65 Bn 877.90 Mn 0.31
10 Asbury Automotive 3.63 Bn 3.60 Bn 726.90 Mn 0.31

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.25
Dec 31, 2025 0.29
Sep 30, 2025 0.09
Jun 30, 2025 0.28
Mar 31, 2025 0.26
Dec 31, 2024 0.36
Sep 30, 2024 0.08
Jun 30, 2024 0.27
Mar 31, 2024 0.08
Dec 31, 2023 0.37
Sep 30, 2023 0.08
Jun 30, 2023 0.31
Mar 31, 2023 0.31
Dec 31, 2022 0.37
Sep 30, 2022 0.38
Jun 30, 2022 0.37
Mar 31, 2022 0.30
Dec 31, 2021 0.28
Sep 30, 2021 0.27
Jun 30, 2021 0.30