Lithia Motors Earnings Due Oct. 21: Can It Beat $9.78 Again?

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LAD Lithia Motors, Inc.
Reports Wed Oct 21 Before open 5:30 AM ET Confirmed

Lithia Motors reports at 5:30 AM ET, with analysts looking for $9.78 in EPS. Last quarter's $10.03 beat expectations, so the bar for a third straight beat is already high.

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    Lithia Motors releases its quarterly earnings before the opening bell on October 21, with results hitting at 5:30 AM ET. That timing matters: traders who wait for the market open will already be reacting to numbers they have not seen.

    Lithia Motors releases its quarterly earnings before the opening bell on October 21, with results hitting at 5:30 AM ET. Traders who wait for the market open will already be reacting to numbers they have not seen.

    The analyst consensus sits at $9.78 in earnings per share, and Lithia topped expectations last quarter. A third consecutive beat would signal the company is consistently outrunning Wall Street's models.

    Each prior outperformance raises the baseline analysts use for the next quarter, so the room to surprise narrows even as the business has to keep delivering.

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