Comparison

AUTONATION, INC. (AN) vs LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)

The same filed metrics for both companies, side by side.

What each names as a risk in its own annual report, how each is priced against its own history, and the tracked managers whose latest 13F reports a position in both.

Financials

AUTONATION, INC.

Auto & Truck Dealerships

Revenue, FY25: $27.63B
Net income: $649M
Operating cash flow: $112M
Free cash flow: −$198M
Net margin: 2.35%
Operating margin: 4.49%
Gross margin: 17.91%

LAD

LITHIA MOTORS INC

Auto & Truck Dealerships

Revenue, FY25: $37.63B
Net income: $820M
Operating cash flow: $357M
Free cash flow: $5.8M
Net margin: 2.18%
Operating margin: 4.24%
Gross margin: 15.23%

Head-to-head

Filed growth, quality and valuation, read against each company’s own history rather than against the other side.

Metric	AN	LAD
Revenue growth, latest filed year	+3.24%	+4.00%
Piotroski F-score	5 of 9	3 of 9
P/E against its own history	about normal	10.39% above

What each says it is exposed to

From Item 1A of each company’s most recent 10-K.

Debt covenants
Interest rates
Goodwill impairment
Litigation
Cybersecurity
Tariffs

And 11 more.

LAD

Debt covenants
Interest rates
Litigation
Cybersecurity
Inflation
Currency moves

And 16 more.

Tracked managers holding both

Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.06% · 0.08%

Updated Jul 31, 2026 · the newer of the two companies' filings