MNRO vs. SAH, CRMT, ORLY, AZO, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, ABG, and GPI
Should you be buying Monro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monro include Sonic Automotive (SAH), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
Monro (NASDAQ:MNRO) and Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
46.9% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Monro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of Sonic Automotive 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.
Sonic Automotive has higher revenue and earnings than Monro. Sonic Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monro received 74 more outperform votes than Sonic Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Monro an outperform vote while only 51.81% of users gave Sonic Automotive an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Monro had 50 more articles in the media than Sonic Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Monro and 3 mentions for Sonic Automotive. Sonic Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Monro's score of -0.25 indicating that Sonic Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monro pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Sonic Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Monro pays out 94.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sonic Automotive pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Monro has a net margin of 2.94% compared to Sonic Automotive's net margin of 1.21%. Sonic Automotive's return on equity of 27.46% beat Monro's return on equity.
Monro currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.24%. Sonic Automotive has a consensus price target of $56.60, indicating a potential upside of 1.22%. Given Monro's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Monro is more favorable than Sonic Automotive.
Monro has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sonic Automotive beats Monro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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