Lithia & Driveway (Lad) Increases Revenue 60%, Eps 36%, And Adjusted Eps 109%, Record Fourth Quarter Performance
LITHIA & DRIVEWAY By Press Release
ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND OF $0.35 PER SHARE FOR FOURTH
Fourth Quarter-over-Quarter Comparisons and Operating
QUARTER
Highlights:
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today reported the highest fourth quarter revenue and earnings per share in company history.
• Revenues increased 60.1% • New vehicle retail revenues increased 37.7% • Used vehicle retail revenues increased 82.1%
Fourth quarter 2021 revenue increased 60% to $6.3
• 1,650 Driveway transactions in the month of December,
billion from $3.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020. Fourth quarter 2021 net income attributable to LAD per diluted share was $9.57, a 36% increase from $7.02 per diluted share reported in the fourth quarter of 2020. Adjusted fourth quarter 2021 net income attributable to LAD per diluted share was $11.39, a 109% increase compared to $5.46 per diluted
exceeding the 1,250 transaction or 15,000 annual runrate goal • F&I per unit increased 23.3% to $2,125 • Service, body, and parts revenues increased 58.3% • Total vehicle gross pro t per unit increased 57.4%
share in the same period of 2020. Fourth quarter 2021 net income was $293 million, a 56% increase compared to net income of $188 million in the same period of 2020. Adjusted fourth quarter 2021 net income was $348 million, a 138% increase compared to adjusted net income of $146 million for the same period of 2020.
to $6,882 • Adjusted SG&A as a percentage of gross pro t improved by 520 basis points from 62.0% to 56.8% "Strong performance across all business lines drove a record $11.39 in adjusted earnings per share for the fourth
As shown in the attached non-GAAP reconciliation tables, the
quarter," said Bryan DeBoer, Lithia & Driveway's President and
2021 fourth quarter adjusted results exclude a $1.82 per diluted
CEO. "Whether it was our stores increasing used vehicle volumes
share net non-core charge related to a non-cash unrealized
and service, body, and parts revenues by double digits, Driveway
investment loss, acquisition expenses and insurance reserves,
out-performing its December targets, or accelerated growth in
partially offset by a net gain on the sale of stores. The 2020 fourth
Driveway Finance funded by our rst ABS transaction, our
quarter adjusted results include a $1.56 per diluted share net
synergistic businesses are a capital engine, providing signi cant
non-core bene t related to a non-cash unrealized investment
pro tability and exibility for the road ahead."
gain, a net gain on the sale of stores, partially offset by
Full year 2021 revenue increased 74% to a record $22.8
acquisition expenses.
billion from $13.1 billion in 2020. Full year 2021 net income per diluted share increased 87% to $36.54 from $19.53 for 2020. Adjusted net income per diluted share increased 120% to $40.03 from $18.19 for 2020.
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