Lithia Motors, Inc. | LAD

Daily Technical Analysis of Lithia Motors, Inc.

Lithia Motors had a rough day and is now down -6.11%. Investors weren't too impressed with the future outlook for the Autos company which caused some selling on weak demand.

It looks like Lithia Motors isn't currently at a very decisive point in regards to support/resistance levels. Momentum wise Lithia Motors, has been oscillating up and down but hasn't shown much directional energy that would be predictive to the near future. LAD might find some support at the 309.33 level, buyers might push the price back up from here. But it's not very clear what will happen.

Last analyzed on 2024-03-17

Analyst Ratings for Lithia Motors By Price Target And Rating

The balance of viewpoints by the analysts is positive. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 70.78. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. Bank of America gave a boost to their price target and moved to $385.00 from $380.00 on 2024-04-10. Morgan Stanley gave a boost to their price target and moved to $230.00 from $220.00 on 2024-02-29. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price targ by 5.7% to $315.00 on 2024-02-15. On 2024-02-15 The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target by 11.33% to $334.00. Stephens reiterated a rating of Overweight on 2024-02-14 and they set their price target at $375.00. On 2024-01-17 Evercore ISI started covering Lithia Motors with a rating of Outperform and provided a price target of $400.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co. released a downgrade on 2023-10-31 from Overweight to Neutral and they set their price target at $295.00. On 2023-07-27 Citigroup increased their price target by 38.78% to $340.00. Benchmark provided a price target boost of 25% to $375.00 from $300.00 on 2023-07-27. Guggenheim dropped their price target by -3.61% to $320.00 on 2023-04-20.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
LAD	70.78	79.21	-14	76.81	-0.45

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-04-19)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
LAD	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Lithia Motors

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
LAD	11.06	%9.43396	12.8	-1.188	2600000

How Lithia Motors compares to the broader Consumer Cyclical sector and the more specific Autos industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Autos Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	55	-0.19	2.57	-7.98	-2.02	10.32	14.44	42.65	17.84	4.50	12.24	-12305.30	-9878.01	8.18	15.00	5.54	13.53
Consumer Cyclical Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	300	-0.17	3.10	-6.72	-1.72	16.38	17.11	46.17	34.12	18.11	20.71	-11925.91	-14791.47	9.58	10.75	5.99	32.94

Social Sentiment for Lithia Motors

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Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
LAD

Companies with the highest correlation to Lithia Motors

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Buy	Short Interest Score
GPI \| Group 1 Automotive, Inc.	1.01	7.23	13.89	3.13	6.17	28.69	36.10	54	2.94	5.31	10.88	-2862.22	-1732.26	0	16.4969
ABG \| Asbury Automotive Group,	0.93	-0.29	4.75	-5.22	1.46	18.78	18.07	49	-3.01	-3.20	-1.14	-9217.41	167.35	0	10.0743
PAG \| Penske Automotive Group,	0.92	0.64	3.86	-5.50	-1.83	6.70	11.89	56	1.35	0.46	-0.23	-6203.90	-13612.42	0	11.0785
AN \| AutoNation, Inc.	0.79	0.79	3.17	-4.74	11.36	23.31	23.63	83	6.47	3.96	6.92	-611.39	-23987.20	0	9.95
CWH \| Camping World Holdings, I	0.73	-0.96	3.04	-15.50	-9.26	30.32	4.65	34	7.74	15.82	16.08	-7531.92	-7175.69	0	6.67651
ZUMZ \| Zumiez Inc.	0.71	1.78	19.78	16.22	-3.04	2.75	3.06	6	-8.07	-6.55	-5.05	-39625.63	0.00	125	2.97758
CTSH \| Cognizant Technology Solu	0.7	-0.37	0.58	-8.29	-12.99	3.64	15.50	28	6.79	31.15	65.69	-2533.91	181.67	0	1.51793
SAH \| Sonic Automotive, Inc.	0.7	0.43	6.37	-9.02	-3.29	16.21	-1.39	52	7.06	15.94	18.83	-1973.40	-7451.58	0	11.7774

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