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Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD

Weak broader-coverage candidate · Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as a prominent automotive retail enterprise throughout the United States. Its business is strategically divided into three key segments: Domestic, Impo

On FrontierLab's discovery record since 2026-08-04 (2 weeks ago) — when this name first surfaced. (distinct from the snapshot date below)

Auto-graded broader coverage — sourced by an automated screen and graded on default bands, not the sector-calibrated bands the curated screener uses. A "Weak" here is NOT the same bar as a curated grade; these are auto-screened candidates for your own research, shown as of their surface date (2026-08-05), not the curated Frontier signal.

⚠ Pump risk: parabolic/spike characteristics detected in the screen flags. Treat any positive grade with extra skepticism.

Key quality signals

Revenue growth (YoY)	2.1%
Gross margin	11%
Gross profits / assets	0.16
Rule of 40	4.3
Net margin	2.2%
Cash runway (months)	29.3
PEG	—
Price / sales	0.2

Quality checklist

✗ Revenue growth — 2.1% (pass ≥ 20%)
✗ Gross profits / assets — 0.16 (pass ≥ 0.33)
✗ Gross margin — 11% (pass ≥ 60%)
~ Cash generation
✓ Share dilution — -14.8%

Fundamentals — snapshot as of 2026-08-05

Stage	Established
Share issuance (YoY)	-14.8% · buying back shares
Moat	—
TAM	—
P/E (trailing)	12.3
EPS (trailing)	$30.15
Burn multiple	0
Gross-margin trend (pts)	-4.3
Cash / assets	0.01
Net debt / EBITDA	6.3
Statements as of	Q2 FY2026 · filed 2026-07-29

Momentum context — a snapshot from 2026-08-05, not current

Price at surface	$370.99 (as of 2026-08-05)
52-week range	$239.78 – $439.49
% off 52-wk high	-15.6%
RSI (14)	59
Relative volume	0.9×

Risk flags

Thin gross margin — keeps little of each sales dollar (judge it against its industry).Parabolic one-day spike (+19%) in the last month — extreme single-day moves tend to mean-revert.

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Data as of 2026-08-05 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →