ABG vs. GPI, AN, LAD, SAH, KAR, CWH, MUSA, CRMT, VRM, and PAG
Should you be buying Asbury Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asbury Automotive Group include Group 1 Automotive (GPI), AutoNation (AN), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sonic Automotive (SAH), OPENLANE (KAR), Camping World (CWH), Murphy USA (MUSA), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), Vroom (VRM), and Penske Automotive Group (PAG). These companies are all part of the "automotive dealers & gasoline service stations" industry.
Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Asbury Automotive Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Asbury Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Group 1 Automotive had 17 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Group 1 Automotive and 6 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of 0.49 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 3.23%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Group 1 Automotive's return on equity.
Group 1 Automotive received 132 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Group 1 Automotive presently has a consensus target price of $330.83, indicating a potential upside of 6.07%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $231.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.24%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.
99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Asbury Automotive Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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