Seasonality
LAD seasonality — Lithia Motors
Over the last 11 years, LAD's strongest month on average has been July (+10.2%) and its weakest March (-8.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.32% | +5.86% | 60% | +28.6% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.43% | -5.14% | 40% | +17.3% | -16.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -8.51% | -10.38% | 30% | +4.3% | -31.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +5.43% | -0.86% | 40% | +35.2% | -15.4% | 10 |
| May | +1.94% | +1.26% | 70% | +9.1% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +5.45% | +1.79% | 50% | +30.4% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +10.20% | +9.52% | 70% | +51.4% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.79% | -0.28% | 50% | +16.9% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -5.03% | -4.90% | 30% | +11.4% | -20.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.46% | +0.70% | 60% | +19.0% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.20% | +3.63% | 78% | +26.0% | -8.7% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.55% | -0.99% | 50% | +23.3% | -14.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LAD
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -2.7 | -13.6 | -10.7 | 16.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 32.7 | -4.7 | -20.6 | 2.7 | 3.7 | -6.5% | |
| 2025 | 5.2 | -8.4 | -14.8 | -0.3 | 8.2 | 6.6 | -14.8 | 16.9 | -6.1 | -0.6 | 1.5 | 4.2 | -7.0% |
| 2024 | -10.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | -15.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 16.4 | -7.6 | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 28.6 | -3.0 | -10.3 | -3.5 | 5.6 | 30.4 | 2.1 | -0.8 | -4.1 | -18.0 | 10.2 | 23.3 | +60.8% |
| 2022 | -1.6 | 16.7 | -11.9 | -5.7 | 7.5 | -9.7 | -3.5 | 0.1 | -19.2 | -7.6 | 20.8 | -14.4 | -31.1% |
| 2021 | 8.9 | 17.3 | 4.3 | -1.5 | -8.4 | -2.4 | 9.8 | -12.2 | -4.3 | 0.7 | -8.7 | 1.9 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | -7.7 | -12.2 | -31.4 | 35.2 | 9.1 | 25.5 | 51.4 | 8.6 | -8.4 | 0.7 | 26.0 | 1.2 | +99.1% |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 22.4 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 11.0 | -0.6 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 2.0 | -8.5 | +92.6% |
| 2018 | 10.0 | -16.9 | -3.2 | -4.6 | 2.0 | -3.2 | -5.8 | -3.0 | -5.5 | 9.1 | -7.0 | -7.9 | -32.8% |
| 2017 | 6.5 | -7.2 | -10.5 | 11.6 | -4.9 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 4.6 | 11.4 | -5.9 | 3.6 | -3.1 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 5.4 |