KMX vs. PAG, LAD, AN, ABG, GPI, CASY, RUSHA, RUSHB, CVNA, and WING Should you be buying CarMax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarMax include Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Carvana (CVNA), and Wingstop (WING). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG ) and CarMax (NYSE:KMX ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than CarMax. Penske Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarMax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Penske Automotive Group currently has a consensus price target of $163.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. CarMax has a consensus price target of $77.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.31%. Given Penske Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CarMax is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.
In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 2 more articles in the media than CarMax. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 16 mentions for CarMax. Penske Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat CarMax's score of 0.40 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.27% compared to Penske Automotive Group's net margin of 1.81%. CarMax's return on equity of 21.72% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity.
CarMax received 338 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Summary Penske Automotive Group and CarMax tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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