SAH vs. GPI, ABG, AN, RUSHB, RUSHA, CNXN, QRTEB, CAKE, ODP, and BKE
Should you be buying Sonic Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonic Automotive include Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), AutoNation (AN), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), PC Connection (CNXN), Qurate Retail (QRTEB), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), ODP (ODP), and Buckle (BKE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) and Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Group 1 Automotive has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Sonic Automotive's net margin of 1.21%. Sonic Automotive's return on equity of 27.69% beat Group 1 Automotive's return on equity.
Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.9% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sonic Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Group 1 Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sonic Automotive pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Group 1 Automotive pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Sonic Automotive had 1 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Sonic Automotive and 20 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. Sonic Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of -0.03 indicating that Sonic Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sonic Automotive presently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.11%. Group 1 Automotive has a consensus target price of $331.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.43%. Given Group 1 Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Sonic Automotive.
Group 1 Automotive has higher revenue and earnings than Sonic Automotive. Group 1 Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonic Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Group 1 Automotive received 212 more outperform votes than Sonic Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 51.92% of users gave Sonic Automotive an outperform vote.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Sonic Automotive on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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