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$46.64 +0.21 (+0.45%)
Closing price 04/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CRMT vs. MNRO, ORLY, AZO, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, and AAP

Should you be buying America's Car-Mart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of America's Car-Mart include Monro (MNRO), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), and Advance Auto Parts (AAP). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.

America's Car-Mart vs.

Monro (NASDAQ:MNRO) and America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Monro had 4 more articles in the media than America's Car-Mart. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Monro and 4 mentions for America's Car-Mart. America's Car-Mart's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Monro's score of 0.85 indicating that America's Car-Mart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Monro
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
America's Car-Mart
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Monro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than America's Car-Mart. Monro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America's Car-Mart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Monro$1.21B0.35$37.57M$0.6421.91
America's Car-Mart$1.39B0.28-$31.39M$0.8952.40

Monro has a net margin of 1.64% compared to America's Car-Mart's net margin of -0.29%. Monro's return on equity of 3.76% beat America's Car-Mart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Monro1.64% 3.76% 1.45%
America's Car-Mart -0.29%-2.26%-0.73%

Monro has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, America's Car-Mart has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Monro currently has a consensus target price of $20.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.03%. America's Car-Mart has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Monro's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Monro is more favorable than America's Car-Mart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Monro
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
America's Car-Mart
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

89.1% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Monro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Monro received 60 more outperform votes than America's Car-Mart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Monro an outperform vote while only 49.43% of users gave America's Car-Mart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MonroOutperform Votes
320
57.76%
Underperform Votes
234
42.24%
America's Car-MartOutperform Votes
260
49.43%
Underperform Votes
266
50.57%

Summary

Monro beats America's Car-Mart on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CRMT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerica's Car-MartAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$385.34M$8.28B$23.02B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%170.23%4.33%
P/E Ratio-56.8821.0821.5817.81
Price / Sales0.283.764.0194.58
Price / CashN/A19.0319.4134.64
Price / Book0.634.105.644.00
Net Income-$31.39M$310.64M$781.29M$247.23M
7 Day Performance7.22%10.75%5.03%7.26%
1 Month Performance0.89%2.46%-5.15%-6.26%
1 Year Performance-16.02%6.83%2.04%-0.18%

America's Car-Mart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.8311 of 5 stars
$46.64
+0.5%
$50.00
+7.2%
-16.0%$385.34M$1.39B-56.882,100News Coverage
Positive News
MNRO
Monro
2.892 of 5 stars
$15.53
+1.7%
$20.33
+30.9%
-52.2%$465.11M$1.21B24.278,750High Trading Volume
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.5128 of 5 stars
$1,333.84
-4.0%
$1,390.81
+4.3%
+30.7%$76.35B$16.71B32.8087,700High Trading Volume
AZO
AutoZone
3.805 of 5 stars
$3,479.55
-4.8%
$3,724.00
+7.0%
+25.3%$58.39B$18.67B23.25112,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
KMX
CarMax
3.9586 of 5 stars
$73.63
-2.8%
$90.64
+23.1%
-2.6%$11.32B$25.98B24.9632,600Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.8869 of 5 stars
$140.43
-1.0%
$166.25
+18.4%
+0.9%$9.37B$30.46B10.2126,500Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.3426 of 5 stars
$279.08
-1.1%
$365.91
+31.1%
+12.7%$7.34B$36.19B9.4021,900Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.1975 of 5 stars
$157.77
-0.5%
$201.86
+27.9%
+7.6%$6.19B$26.77B9.3123,600News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.662 of 5 stars
$385.30
+0.8%
$450.33
+16.9%
+47.5%$5.10B$19.93B10.4816,011Positive News
High Trading Volume
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.7611 of 5 stars
$215.99
+1.6%
$263.00
+21.8%
+3.3%$4.24B$17.19B10.0413,000Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.4567 of 5 stars
$32.41
-7.4%
$45.13
+39.2%
-53.7%$1.94B$9.09B44.4067,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:CRMT) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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