LITHIA MTRS INC LAD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 536797103 · ISIN US5367971034
American automobile dealer/retailer
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
- HeadquartersMedford, OR
- Founded1946
- Websitelithia.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($5.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 27.3m as of 2022-10-27, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $204.95. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($66.3m notional), 19 hold puts ($113.1m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 393 |
| Q4 2022 | 373 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $35.8m | $68.6m | 1.92 |
| Q4 2022 | $66.3m | $113.1m | 1.70 |
Biggest buyers
| MFN Partners Management, LP | Added | +1.9m |
| Conifer Management, L.L.C. | New | +500.0k |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | Added | +367.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Added | +333.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC | Added | +273.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +247.2k |
| COOPERMAN LEON G | Added | +160.0k |
| 12 West Capital Management LP | New | +130.0k |
| SRS Investment Management, LLC | New | +122.8k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP | Added | +94.6k |
Biggest sellers
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -422.4k |
| Park West Asset Management LLC | Reduced | -176.8k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC | Sold out | -160.7k |
| Southpoint Capital Advisors LP | Sold out | -150.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -100.2k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Reduced | -93.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -81.1k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -77.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Sold out | -69.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Reduced | -68.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $22.2m108.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $21.1m103.1k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $11.7m57.0k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $2.5m12.0k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | New | $2.0m10.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.6m7.9k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $1.6m7.8k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $757.0k3.7k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $737.1k3.6k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $655.2k3.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $33.0m161.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $25.1m122.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $15.3m74.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $9.0m43.9k shares |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | New | $8.6m42.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.8m28.1k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $3.1m15.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.5m12.4k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $2.3m11.4k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | New | $2.0m10.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 13G · passive investor filed 2025-11-04 | 10.3% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +2.0 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 9.6% |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P 13G · institution filed 2026-05-15 | 8.4% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution +1.1 pts · filed 2026-07-14 | 6.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (4.9%, 2026-07-31; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $138.5k | 2 | $4.2m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $10.1m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.4m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $268.4k | 1 | $80.1k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2022.
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MFN Partners Management, LP 14.07% of their portfolio | 3.1m $635.1m | Added +1.9m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.8m $571.7m | Added +44.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $498.5m | Added +84.4k |
| ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 17.17% of their portfolio | 2.4m $481.4m | Unchanged |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 1.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $282.9m | Added +92.6k |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P 0.56% of their portfolio | 1.3m $273.0m | Added +367.2k |
| Brave Warrior Advisors, LLC 7.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $222.0m | Reduced -51.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 786.0k $160.9m | Added +27.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 774.0k $158.5m | Added +12.1k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.60% of their portfolio | 655.4k $134.2m | Added +67.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 638.0k $130.6m | Reduced -100.2k |
| LYRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 2.57% of their portfolio | 566.2k $121.5m | Reduced -34.4k |
| Conifer Management, L.L.C. 12.45% of their portfolio | 500.0k $102.4m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 463.8k $94.9m | Added +247.2k |
| COOPERMAN LEON G 5.22% of their portfolio | 410.8k $84.1m | Added +160.0k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 408.8k $83.7m | Reduced -7.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.5k $83.2m | Added +23.6k |
| CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC /CT 2.53% of their portfolio | 382.4k $78.3m | Reduced -11.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 378.1k $77.4m | Added +8.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.12% of their portfolio | 334.1k $68.4m | Added +333.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 328.4k $67.2m | Added +273.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 318.4k $65.2m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Tensile Capital Management LP 9.61% of their portfolio | 299.9k $61.4m | Added +20.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 293.0k $60.0m | Added +6.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.8k $51.6m | Added +8.6k |
| BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA 0.83% of their portfolio | 250.0k $51.2m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 249.0k $51.0m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 241.2k $49.2m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 230.8k $47.3m | Added +25.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 230.3k $47.1m | Added +4.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 205.4k $42.1m | Added +8.7k |
| Chicago Capital, LLC 2.23% of their portfolio | 196.6k $40.3m | Added +30.1k |
| IRIDIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC/CT 3.55% of their portfolio | 179.8k $36.8m | Added +35.5k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.02% of their portfolio | 163.8k $33.5m | Added +28.1k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.10% of their portfolio | 151.2k $31.0m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 149.2k $30.5m | Reduced -6.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 148.5k $30.4m | Reduced -12.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 141.8k $29.0m | Added +31.7k |
| 12 West Capital Management LP 2.69% of their portfolio | 130.0k $26.6m | New |
| SRS Investment Management, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 122.8k $25.1m | New |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.50% of their portfolio | 114.2k $23.4m | Added +94.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 107.3k $22.0m | Reduced -8.5k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 107.2k $21.9m | Reduced -111 |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.23% of their portfolio | 103.5k $21.2m | Added +13.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.05% of their portfolio | 102.4k $21.0m | Reduced -42.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 97.1k $19.9m | Reduced -6.9k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 96.7k $19.8m | Added +26.3k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.23% of their portfolio | 93.9k $19.2m | Added +92.4k |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 1.90% of their portfolio | 92.8k $19.0m | Reduced -176.8k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 90.0k $18.4m | Added +28.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 89.8k $18.4m | Reduced -422.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.2k $18.1m | Added +3.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 88.0k $18.0m | Added +48.8k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.6k $17.9m | Reduced -64.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 76.2k $15.6m | Added +2.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.1k $14.6m | Reduced -33.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.06% of their portfolio | 70.4k $14.4m | Reduced -4 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.6k $14.1m | Reduced -81.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.4k $13.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 64.8k $13.0m | Reduced -26.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.3k $12.5m | Reduced -909 |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.03% of their portfolio | 60.7k $12.4m | Added +1.7k |
| Perpetual Investment Management Ltd 1.46% of their portfolio | 59.8k $12.2m | Added +10.3k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 56.6k $11.6m | Added +10.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.2k $11.3m | Reduced -1.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.1k $10.7m | Reduced -14.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 50.2k $10.3m | Reduced -61.7k |
| Boston Partners 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.1k $10.3m | Added +9 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.0k $10.2m | Added +581 |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. 4.51% of their portfolio | 49.0k $10.0m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 46.6k $9.5m | Reduced -1.9k |
| LOGAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.48% of their portfolio | 45.9k $9.4m | Reduced -4.6k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.18% of their portfolio | 45.9k $9.4m | Added +10.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 45.4k $9.3m | Reduced -40.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.0k $9.2m | Added +10.2k |
| Smith, Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP 1.10% of their portfolio | 43.9k $9.0m | Reduced -143 |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 42.6k $8.7m | Reduced -859 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.8k $8.6m | Added +3.3k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 40.0k $8.2m | Added +13.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.2k $7.8m | Added +27.2k |
| ROTHSCHILD & CO ASSET MANAGEMENT US INC. 0.12% of their portfolio | 37.7k $7.7m | Reduced -3.2k |
| PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.50% of their portfolio | 37.5k $7.7m | Added +202 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.1k $7.6m | Reduced -845 |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.6k $7.5m | Reduced -4.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.0k $7.2m | Reduced -826 |
| S&T Bank/PA 1.32% of their portfolio | 34.9k $7.1m | Reduced -1.2k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.6k $7.1m | Added +6.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.5k $6.9m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. 0.48% of their portfolio | 33.0k $6.8m | Added +14.7k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.5k $5.8m | Reduced -31.4k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 27.5k $5.6m | Added +9.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $5.6m | Reduced -30.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.3k $5.6m | Reduced -5.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.7k $5.5m | Reduced -1.1k |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 24.3k $5.0m | Added +262 |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 24.1k $4.9m | Added +4.4k |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas 0.07% of their portfolio | 24.0k $4.9m | Unchanged |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.8k $4.9m | Reduced -22.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.4k $4.8m | Reduced -20.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.2k $4.5m | Added +2.2k |