Group 1 Automotive vs Lithia Motors
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The short version
- Lithia Motors is the larger business, with $37.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $22.6B for Group 1 Automotive, about 1.7 times as much.
- Group 1 Automotive grew revenue faster (13.2%, against 4.0%).
- Lithia Motors kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.2% operating margin, against 3.3%).
- Group 1 Automotive turned more of its sales into free cash flow (1.9% FCF margin, against 0.0%).
- Group 1 Automotive earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.6%, against 7.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Group 1 Automotive’s earnings: a P/E of 10.1x against 9.7x for Lithia Motors.
| Latest fiscal year | GPI · FY25 | LAD · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $6.7B |
| Revenue | $22.6B | $37.6B |
| Free cash flow | $425M | $5.8M |
| Net income | $325M | $820M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 13.2% | 4.0% |
| 5-year growth | 16.3% | 23.5% |
| Share count change | −3.9% | −6.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 15.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| Return on capital | 8.6% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 11.3% | 12.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.7B | $9.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 4.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $580M | $1.0B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 10.1x | 9.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 3 |
Revenue
FY16
GPI $10.9B
LAD $8.7B
FY17
GPI $11.1B
LAD $10.1B
FY18
GPI $11.6B
LAD $11.8B
FY19
GPI $11.6B
LAD $12.7B
FY20
GPI $10.6B
LAD $13.1B
FY21
GPI $13.5B
LAD $22.8B
FY22
GPI $16.2B
LAD $28.2B
FY23
GPI $17.9B
LAD $31.0B
FY24
GPI $19.9B
LAD $36.2B
FY25
GPI $22.6B
LAD $37.6B
GPI
LAD
Operating margin
FY16
GPI 3.1%
LAD 3.9%
FY17
GPI 3.1%
LAD 4.1%
FY18
GPI 2.9%
LAD 3.8%
FY19
GPI 3.1%
LAD 3.9%
FY20
GPI 4.7%
LAD 5.3%
FY21
GPI 6.6%
LAD 7.3%
FY22
GPI 6.7%
LAD 6.9%
FY23
GPI 5.4%
LAD 5.5%
FY24
GPI 4.6%
LAD 4.3%
FY25
GPI 3.3%
LAD 4.2%
GPI
LAD
Free cash flow
FY16
GPI $228M
LAD −$9.9M
FY17
GPI −$19.3M
LAD $43.5M
FY18
GPI $129M
LAD $362M
FY19
GPI $179M
LAD $400M
FY20
GPI $702M
LAD $377M
FY21
GPI $1.1B
LAD $1.5B
FY22
GPI $430M
LAD −$913M
FY23
GPI $4.8M
LAD −$703M
FY24
GPI $341M
LAD $73.7M
FY25
GPI $425M
LAD $5.8M
GPI
LAD
Return on capital
FY16
GPI 10.1%
LAD 18.9%
FY17
GPI 14.3%
LAD 18.6%
FY18
GPI 10.7%
LAD 17.9%
FY19
GPI 10.5%
LAD 14.7%
FY20
GPI 14.2%
LAD 13.2%
FY21
GPI 21.0%
LAD 20.2%
FY22
GPI 20.6%
LAD 16.3%
FY23
GPI 16.2%
LAD 10.9%
FY24
GPI 13.0%
LAD 8.8%
FY25
GPI 8.6%
LAD 7.8%
GPI
LAD
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.