LAD vs. AN, ABG, PAG, GPI, KMX, RUSHA, RUSHB, CASY, CVNA, and DDS
Should you be buying Lithia Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithia Motors include AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), CarMax (KMX), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Carvana (CVNA), and Dillard's (DDS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) and AutoNation (NYSE:AN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Lithia Motors received 106 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Lithia Motors an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.
AutoNation has a net margin of 3.79% compared to Lithia Motors' net margin of 2.87%. AutoNation's return on equity of 48.76% beat Lithia Motors' return on equity.
94.6% of AutoNation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Lithia Motors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of AutoNation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 5 more articles in the media than AutoNation. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Lithia Motors and 27 mentions for AutoNation. AutoNation's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Lithia Motors' score of 0.12 indicating that AutoNation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoNation has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoNation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lithia Motors. Lithia Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AutoNation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lithia Motors currently has a consensus price target of $320.82, indicating a potential upside of 22.11%. AutoNation has a consensus price target of $173.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Lithia Motors' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lithia Motors is more favorable than AutoNation.
Summary
Lithia Motors and AutoNation tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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