LAD Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own LAD shares is 548, representing 108.02% of the company's common stock.

BRAVE WARRIOR ADVISORS, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in LAD by -6.85% restricting it's holding to 767.5 thousand shares of worth nearly $230.91M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -12.81% of the LAD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 176.92 thousand shares of worth $53.23M. SRS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC also shunned LAD shares holding by -60.58% last quarter which brought its holding to 142.83 thousand shares worth $42.97M.

As per its latest 13F filing, BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC increased its stake in LAD by 40.35% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 73.5 thousand shares having worth more than $22.11M. BLACKROCK INC. also added 0.83% more shares of LAD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.37 million shares of worth $713.54M. EVENTIDE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its LAD shares holding by 3.31% which brought its holding to 276.75 thousand shares worth $83.26M.

The insider with the most stakes in LAD is DEBOER BRYAN B , Chief Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, LAD stock is highly held by director Roberts Kenneth E and Senior Vice President Hillier Scott among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.76% percent of Lithia Motors, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 13 transaction(s) in which LAD insiders have sold stock, totaling 32.4K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CHAMBERLAIN ADAM, GLANDON GARY M, and STORK DAVID.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Lithia Motors, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 809.07K Lithia Motors, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.76% of LAD stock.

LAD Chief Executive Officer, DEBOER BRYAN B holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. LAD shares owned by DEBOER total nearly 174.45 thousand.

BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC is the largest institutional owner in LAD which holds 73.5 thousand shares worth $22.11M or 0.27% of the total LAD shares outstanding followed by ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with ownership of 2.39 million shares representing 8.7% of the LAD ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 2.37 million shares or 8.62% of the ownership worth more than $713.54M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the LAD is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of LAD shares short is 1.88M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 26.64M shares of LAD are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, LAD has 23.78M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for LAD is 4.41.