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Asbury Automotive Group (ABG) Competitors

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$250.32 -0.15 (-0.06%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ABG vs. RUSHA, KAR, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, AAP, SAH, and MNRO

Should you be buying Asbury Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asbury Automotive Group include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), OPENLANE (KAR), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), and Monro (MNRO).

Asbury Automotive Group vs.

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Asbury Automotive Group had 8 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group and 6 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.08 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Asbury Automotive Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Rush Enterprises received 5 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.78% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rush EnterprisesOutperform Votes
330
59.78%
Underperform Votes
222
40.22%
Asbury Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
325
52.67%
Underperform Votes
292
47.33%

84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 3.93% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 2.16%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 16.51% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises3.93% 15.43% 6.78%
Asbury Automotive Group 2.16%16.51%5.38%

Asbury Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Enterprises. Asbury Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rush Enterprises$7.93B0.58$347.05M$3.7715.46
Asbury Automotive Group$14.80B0.33$602.50M$17.6714.17

Rush Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.41%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $256.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.35%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rush Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Asbury Automotive Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ABG vs. The Competition

MetricAsbury Automotive GroupAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.90B$8.83B$23.60B$19.85B
Dividend YieldN/A1.26%168.62%3.52%
P/E Ratio14.171,375.45117.1742.73
Price / Sales0.331.106.5619.27
Price / Cash6.7633.6020.0817.86
Price / Book1.593.096.265.52
Net Income$602.50M$371.37M$688.15M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-4.32%-3.20%-1.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance8.97%0.38%-2.18%1.05%
1 Year Performance21.66%32.70%15.23%24.67%

Asbury Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.0613 of 5 stars
$250.33
-0.1%
$256.20
+2.3%
+17.9%$4.90B$14.80B14.1715,000
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.561 of 5 stars
$58.27
-1.1%
$69.00
+18.4%
+49.0%$4.66B$7.93B15.467,860Positive News
KAR
OPENLANE
3.7772 of 5 stars
$19.66
+0.3%
$20.20
+2.8%
+33.0%$2.09B$1.65B75.604,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
KMX
CarMax
3.607 of 5 stars
$76.66
+1.8%
$79.73
+4.0%
+17.9%$11.67B$26.54B28.8229,836Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.6579 of 5 stars
$157.08
-1.3%
$170.25
+8.4%
+2.3%$10.63B$29.53B12.0444,000Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2307 of 5 stars
$371.54
+0.2%
$353.80
-4.8%
+36.3%$9.87B$31.04B12.6827,446
AN
AutoNation
3.2295 of 5 stars
$164.85
+0.0%
$199.00
+20.7%
+21.2%$6.53B$26.95B9.5125,300
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2236 of 5 stars
$401.67
+0.1%
$397.80
-1.0%
+41.6%$5.34B$17.87B10.7016,011Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.9156 of 5 stars
$38.63
+0.3%
$48.64
+25.9%
-27.2%$2.31B$11.19B52.9269,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.2078 of 5 stars
$61.68
-1.4%
$67.40
+9.3%
+17.0%$2.14B$14.37B10.9810,500Positive News
MNRO
Monro
2.2897 of 5 stars
$26.77
-4.8%
$31.00
+15.8%
-7.5%$842.48M$1.28B30.777,660

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This page (NYSE:ABG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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