Lithia Motors (LAD) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Lithia Motors has disclosed Operating Expenses across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $1.0 billion for Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $1.0 billion, up 8.89% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.0 billion (up 6.78% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.9 billion, up 5.05% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses came in at $1.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Lithia Motors, up from $979.4 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.0 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $739.9 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $902.2 million (2024), against an average of $886.8 million.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses jumped 64.28% in 2022 and climbed 1.97% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Lithia Motors' Operating Expenses stood at $752.8 million in 2022, then climbed by 11.15% to $836.7 million in 2023, then climbed by 7.83% to $902.2 million in 2024, then climbed by 8.56% to $979.4 million in 2025, then rose by 5.92% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $979.4 million (Q4 2025), and $998.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.