Lithia Motors Inc Inventory Turnover Ratio (COS)

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Due to inventory build up in the third quarter 2026, Lithia Motors Inc 's inventory turnover ratio sequentially decreased to 5.09 in the third quarter 2026, unsurprisingly, as the Lithia Motors Inc markets continue to deteriorate, and LAD's faces growing challenges to bring down its inventories. Lithia Motors Inc 's average inventory processing period in the Sep 30 2026 quarter, has increased to 72 days, from 70 days, in the Jun 30 2026 quarter.

Within Retail sector 88 other companies have achieved higher inventory turnover ratio. While Inventory turnover ratio total ranking has improved so far during the III Quarter 2026, to 765, from total ranking in the second quarter 2026 at 881.

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LAD Inventory Turnover Ratio	(Sep 30 2026) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter
Y / Y Inventory Growth	11.49 %	7.5 %	7.73 %	3.52 %	-2.6 %
Y / Y Cost of Sales Growth	2.95 %	2.43 %	1.06 %	0.31 %	5.38 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio (TTM)	5.09	5.2	5.26	5.35	5.39
LAD's Total Ranking	# 765	# 881	# 762	# 758	# 771
Average inventory processing period	72	70	69	68	68
Seq. Inventory Growth	1.65 %	5.23 %	1.2 %	2.99 %	-1.98 %
Seq. Cost of Sales Growth	1.89 %	5.67 %	0.27 %	-4.64 %	1.38 %

Inventory Turnover Ratio Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Automotive Aftermarket Industry	# 15
Retail Sector	# 89
Overall Market	# 765

Inventory Turnover Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
8.73	5.18	4.2
(Mar 31 2022)		(Jun 30 2014)

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Financial Statements
Lithia Motors Inc 's Inventories	$ 6,624 Millions	Visit LAD's Balance sheet
Lithia Motors Inc 's Cost of Revenues TTM	$ 32,422 Millions	Visit LAD's Income Statement
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Companies with similar Inventory Turnover Ratio for the quarter ending Sep 30 2026, within Retail Sector	Inventory Turnover Ratio	Cost of revenues at quarter ending Sep 30 2026	Inventories at quarter ending Sep 30 2026
Cardinal Health Inc	13.45	$ 248,279.000 Millions	$ 18,454 Millions
Pc Connection Inc	13.34	$ 2,566.975 Millions	$ 192 Millions
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc	12.98	$ 5,592.082 Millions	$ 431 Millions
Petmed Express Inc	12.46	$ 126.375 Millions	$ 10 Millions
Coupang Inc	11.96	$ 26,261.000 Millions	$ 2,196 Millions
Albertsons Companies Inc	10.90	$ 56,260.600 Millions	$ 5,159 Millions
Kroger Co	10.80	$ 113,401.000 Millions	$ 10,505 Millions
Amazon com Inc	9.96	$ 387,773.000 Millions	$ 38,919 Millions
Ingram Micro Holding Corp	9.63	$ 54,743.231 Millions	$ 5,684 Millions
Chefs Warehouse Inc	8.85	$ 3,394.770 Millions	$ 384 Millions
Eplus Inc	8.74	$ 1,876.416 Millions	$ 215 Millions
Builders Firstsource Inc	8.56	$ 10,271.553 Millions	$ 1,199 Millions
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp	8.48	$ 3,332.579 Millions	$ 393 Millions
Pricesmart Inc	7.98	$ 4,837.835 Millions	$ 606 Millions
Carvana Co	7.54	$ 22,224.000 Millions	$ 2,948 Millions
Asbury Automotive Group Inc	6.97	$ 14,583.100 Millions	$ 2,092 Millions
Group 1 Automotive Inc	6.78	$ 18,301.400 Millions	$ 2,701 Millions
Gigacloud Technology Inc	6.78	$ 1,177.830 Millions	$ 174 Millions
Autonation Inc	6.33	$ 22,576.400 Millions	$ 3,565 Millions
Carmax Inc	6.27	$ 25,064.537 Millions	$ 3,997 Millions
Murphy Usa Inc	6.03	$ 2,398.600 Millions	$ 398 Millions
Scansource Inc	5.86	$ 3,000.612 Millions	$ 512 Millions
Sonic Automotive Inc	5.86	$ 13,051.300 Millions	$ 2,226 Millions
Therealreal Inc	5.75	$ 197.931 Millions	$ 34 Millions
Monro Inc	5.72	$ 927.661 Millions	$ 162 Millions
Penske Automotive Group Inc	5.70	$ 28,256.200 Millions	$ 4,959 Millions
Td Synnex Corporation	5.67	$ 70,461.786 Millions	$ 12,418 Millions
Lithia Motors Inc	5.09	$ 32,421.800 Millions	$ 6,363 Millions
The Beachbody Company Inc	4.91	$ 57.086 Millions	$ 12 Millions
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