Lithia Motors, Inc. filings document the regulatory record of an automotive retailer with dealership operations, e-commerce platforms, captive finance activity, fleet offerings, and aftersales services. Forms 8-K furnish quarterly and annual operating results, dividend declarations, material agreements, and organizational updates tied to the company's retail and financing platform.
Proxy and governance filings cover director elections, executive compensation votes, auditor ratification, shareholder proposals, bylaws, board-size provisions, and annual meeting voting results. Other disclosures include amendments to floorplan and revolving credit facilities, leadership and technology organization changes, exhibits to material agreements, and capital-return information.
Loretz Congdon Stacy reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Lithia Motors Inc director Stacy Loretz Congdon received a grant of 715 restricted stock units of common stock. The award was made at no cash cost per share and increases her direct holdings to 2,450 shares. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
Lentz James E. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Lithia Motors Inc director James E. Lentz received an equity grant of 715 restricted stock units on Common Stock as compensation. The award was recorded at a price of $0.00 per share, indicating it was a non-cash grant rather than an open-market purchase. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock. Following this grant, Lentz’s directly held position increased to 3,260 shares.
Bailey Richard J Jr reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
LITHIA MOTORS INC director Richard J. Bailey Jr received an award of 715 restricted stock units of Lithia Motors Inc Common Stock on April 30, 2026 at no cash cost per unit. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock, bringing his direct holdings to 1,057 shares after the award.
Huskins Priya Cherian reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Lithia Motors Inc director Priya Cherian Huskins reported an award of 715 restricted stock units on Common Stock. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock, giving her rights over 715 shares following this compensation-related grant.
Lithia Motors Inc director Heidi O'Neill reported an acquisition of 1,082 shares of Lithia Motors Inc Common Stock on a grant or award basis. The shares were received at a price of $0.00 per share and increase her direct holdings to 1,424 shares.
A footnote explains this is an acquisition of restricted stock units, each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock, so this filing reflects a compensation-related equity award rather than an open-market purchase.
Lithia Motors director Sidney B. DeBoer reported routine equity compensation activity. On April 30, 2026, he received 715 shares of Lithia Motors Inc Common Stock as a grant of restricted stock units, with each unit representing a contingent right to one share of common stock.
On May 1, 2026, 58 shares were withheld for taxes upon vesting of these restricted stock units at $290.12 per share. The footnote states this was not an open market transaction but a tax-withholding disposition. After these transactions, DeBoer directly owns 26,218 shares of Lithia Motors Inc Common Stock.
Lithia Motors, Inc. director Huskins Priya Cherian has filed an initial Form 3, which is the required first statement of beneficial ownership for insiders. This filing lists the insider as a director but shows no reported transactions or holdings in the summarized data.
Lithia Motors, Inc. reported the results of its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 30, 2026. Shareholders elected all 10 nominated directors, with each receiving more than 19 million votes in favor and broker non-votes recorded where applicable.
Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers with 17,305,726 votes for and 3,590,110 against. They also ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, with 21,635,870 votes for. A shareholder proposal requesting a change to the board leadership structure did not pass, receiving 4,227,366 votes for and 16,647,183 against.
Lithia Motors Inc ownership disclosure: Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 1,244,558 shares of Lithia Motors common stock, representing 5.34% of the class. The filing shows 185,654 shares with sole voting power and 1,244,558 shares with sole dispositive power. The signature block is dated 04/30/2026.
Lithia Motors, Inc. reported slightly higher Q1 2026 revenue of $9.27 billion, up 1% from $9.18 billion a year earlier, driven mainly by used vehicle and aftersales growth. New vehicle revenue declined as margins normalized and units fell.
Net income attributable to Lithia Motors dropped to $100.4 million from $209.5 million, and diluted EPS decreased to $4.28 from $7.94, reflecting higher SG&A costs and a large unrealized loss on the Pinewood Technologies equity investment. Operating margin narrowed to 3.6% from 4.4%.
Cash flow from operations swung to an outflow of $108.4 million from an inflow of $322.1 million, largely due to working capital and finance receivables growth, while the company remained acquisitive and active in returning capital, spending $145.3 million on acquisitions, $97.1 million on capital expenditures, $297.0 million on share repurchases, and $12.8 million on dividends. Liquidity at March 31, 2026 totaled about $1.39 billion, including $160.8 million of cash and $1.17 billion of available credit.