Analyst ratings
16 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 10 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $447.31.
NYSE: LAD · Auto & Truck Dealerships
Over the past week, Lithia Motors (LAD) racked up 2 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. That is too little tracked discussion to read a direction from, so the signal stays neutral. Wall Street is more constructive, with 10 of 16 analysts rating LAD a buy.
Tracked discussion on LAD is too thin this week to read a direction from, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 63% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 0% to News at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
16 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 10 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $447.31.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week LAD carries too few tracked mentions to weigh any of them, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
Analysts sit 30 points above the crowd average of 33%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 100% bullish while X sits at 0%, a 100-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Lithia Motors (LAD) buzz held subdued around 24.5 while the price drifted down 2.5% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 187K shares. Updated Sep 09, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, LAD held roughly flat. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 25.5 and was relatively stable, swinging between 19.1 and 31.3. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 11 of the 16 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Strong Buy (10 / 6 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 33% |
| Avg price target | $447.31 |
| Most bullish source | News, 100% |
| Most bearish source | X, 0% |
| Sentiment spread | 100 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 2 |
| Market cap | $8.33B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 12.3 · 9.1 |
| EPS · Beta | $30.74 · 1.2 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $37.94B · 2% margin |
| Industry | Auto & Truck Dealerships |
Adanos will not call Lithia Motors (LAD) either way right now. The last 7 days carry 2 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor, so the signal sits at a neutral hold with 40/100 conviction. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Lithia Motors (LAD) is fairly quiet with 0 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 4 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 0% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
There is not enough tracked discussion on Lithia Motors (LAD) to call it either way. The last 7 days carry 2 tracked mentions across 3 sources, under the 10-mention floor Adanos needs before it reads a direction. On the professional side, 10 of 16 analysts rate LAD a buy.
Of the 16 analysts covering Lithia Motors (LAD), 10 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $447.31. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 33% bullish.
Lithia Motors (LAD) does not carry enough tracked discussion this week to have a readable sentiment. 2 mentions across 3 sources is under the 10-mention floor, so the signal stays neutral at 40/100 conviction.
Not for a reason found in the sentiment itself. Lithia Motors (LAD) drew 2 tracked mentions in the last 7 days, too small a sample to read a direction from, so Adanos holds the signal neutral instead of calling a buy or sell off it.
News is the dominant discussion channel with 2 mentions (100% of total volume). There is too little of it to read a sentiment direction from.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. LAD's hold signal at 40/100 conviction reflects a sample too thin to read a direction from. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The LAD sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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