LAD vs. AN, ABG, PAG, GPI, KMX, SAH, RUSHA, RUSHB, CASY, and CVNA
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), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Casey's General Stores (CASY), and Carvana (CVNA). These companies are all part of the "automotive dealers & gasoline service stations" industry.
AutoNation (NYSE:AN) and Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
AutoNation has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoNation has a net margin of 3.41% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 2.87%. Lithia Motors' return on equity of 42.44% beat AutoNation's return on equity.
AutoNation has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 received 106 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.23% of users gave Lithia Motors an outperform vote while only 56.24% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.
AutoNation presently has a consensus target price of $176.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.04%. Lithia Motors has a consensus target price of $318.55, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Given AutoNation's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lithia Motors is more favorable than AutoNation.
94.6% of AutoNation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AutoNation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Lithia Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 1 more articles in the media than AutoNation. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Lithia Motors and 10 mentions for AutoNation. Lithia Motors' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat AutoNation's score of 0.85 indicating that AutoNation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AutoNation and Lithia Motors tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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