PAG vs. KMX, LAD, AN, ABG, GPI, CASY, RUSHA, RUSHB, CVNA, and BBWI
Should you be buying Penske Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penske Automotive Group include CarMax (KMX), 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 Bath & Body Works (BBWI). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Penske Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $163.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.45%. CarMax has a consensus target price of $77.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.31%. Given CarMax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CarMax is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.
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.
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. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.40 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.27% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.81%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 21.72% beat CarMax's return on equity.
Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Penske Automotive Group and CarMax tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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