Susan Cain - Lithia Motors Independent Director

LAD Stock  USD 306.22  0.50  0.16%   

Director

Ms. Susan O. Cain, CPA is an Independent Director of Lithia Motors, Inc. She joined our Board of Directors in 2009. Ms. Cain was a Senior Instructor in Accounting at Southern Oregon University, located in Ashland, Oregon since 2004 and retired in 2018. Ms. Cain joined KPMG LLP in 1978, retiring as a partner in the San Francisco office in 1999. While with KPMG, she specialized in banking institutions and trust tax services. Ms. Cain is involved with various nonprofit and charitable organizations including the Ashland Independent Film Festival and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She maintains her CPA license in California and brings to our Board of Directors a high level of accounting expertise since 2009.
Age 66
Tenure 16 years
Phone(541) 776-6401
Webhttps://www.lithiadriveway.com
Cain holds a B.A. degree in General Science from Oregon State University and a MS in Taxation from Washington School of Law, Washington Institute of Graduate Studies. She serves as the Audit Committee Chair and is an audit committee financial expert as defined under SEC rules.

Lithia Motors Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 0.0464 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $0.0464 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of 0.1268 %, implying that it generated $0.1268 on every 100 dollars invested. Lithia Motors' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Lithia Motors manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Lithia Motors has 7.74 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.37, which is OK given its current industry classification. Lithia Motors has a current ratio of 1.63, which is typical for the industry and considered as normal. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Lithia to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Lithia Motors, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. Lithia Motors, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Medford, Oregon. Lithia Motors operates under Auto Truck Dealerships classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 21150 people. Lithia Motors (LAD) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 150 North Bartlett Street, Medford, OR, United States, 97501 and employs 30,000 people. Lithia Motors is listed under Retail category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Lithia Motors Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Lithia Motors' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Lithia Motors inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Lithia. The board's role is to monitor Lithia Motors' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Lithia Motors' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Lithia Motors' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Christopher Holzshu, Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary
Shauna McIntyre, Independent Director
David Robino, Independent Director
Tina Miller, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
Neil Williamson, Regional President
Scott Hillier, Senior Vice President - Operations
Kenneth Roberts, Independent Director
Christopher CPA, Executive Secretary
Sidney DeBoer, Chairman of the Board
Louis Miramontes, Lead Independent Director
Tina CPA, Senior CFO
Marguerite Celeste, Senior Vice President Chief Marketing Officer
Thomas II, Regional President
Dianna Preez, Chief Officer
Susan Cain, Independent Director
Bryan Osterhout, Senior Vice President leading a substantial group of stores
David Stork, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Thomas Dobry, Senior Vice President Chief Marketing Officer
George Hines, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
ChunWai Liang, Senior Operations
Bryan Deboer, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Gary Glandon, Senior Officer
Charles Lietz, Senior Finance
Adam Chamberlain, Executive COO

Lithia Stock Performance Indicators

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Is Retail space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Lithia Motors. If investors know Lithia will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Lithia Motors listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
The market value of Lithia Motors is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Lithia that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Lithia Motors' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Lithia Motors' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Lithia Motors' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Lithia Motors' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Lithia Motors' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Lithia Motors is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Lithia Motors' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.