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Lithia Motors (LAD) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Lithia Motors' Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Lithia Motors, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.05% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.03% (2023), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales increased 2bps in 2021 before it dropped -2bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.05% in 2021, then dropped by -22bps to 0.04% in 2022, then decreased by -22bps to 0.03% in 2023, then dropped by -18bps to 0.02% in 2024, then tumbled by -35bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LAD's Return on Sales are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.03% (Q2 2025).