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ABG vs. KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, AAP, SAH, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY

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

Asbury Automotive Group vs.

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

In the previous week, CarMax had 93 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 104 mentions for CarMax and 11 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat CarMax's score of 0.42 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Asbury Automotive Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarMax
33 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
19 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Asbury Automotive Group presently has a consensus target price of $263.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.70%. CarMax has a consensus target price of $87.73, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Given CarMax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CarMax is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
CarMax
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

CarMax has higher revenue and earnings than Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.26$430.30M$21.5110.48
CarMax$25.98B0.40$479.20M$3.2121.01

CarMax received 384 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 52.41% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Asbury Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
326
52.41%
Underperform Votes
296
47.59%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
710
63.28%
Underperform Votes
412
36.72%

Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.50% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.77%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 16.29% beat CarMax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Asbury Automotive Group2.50% 16.29% 5.34%
CarMax 1.77%7.49%1.69%

Summary

CarMax beats Asbury Automotive Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABG vs. The Competition

MetricAsbury Automotive GroupAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.43B$8.18B$23.22B$18.51B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%170.23%4.25%
P/E Ratio10.4820.7321.6331.06
Price / Sales0.263.334.0326.47
Price / Cash8.7319.0319.4117.54
Price / Book1.434.045.594.29
Net Income$430.30M$310.64M$781.29M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.70%9.45%5.94%6.72%
1 Month Performance-2.46%1.33%-4.41%-6.79%
1 Year Performance4.68%5.00%0.89%1.22%

Asbury Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.7543 of 5 stars
$225.44
0.0%
$263.00
+16.7%
+3.6%$4.42B$17.19B10.4713,000Positive News
KMX
CarMax
3.9627 of 5 stars
$73.63
-2.8%
$90.64
+23.1%
-5.6%$11.32B$25.98B24.9632,600Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.314 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
4.3437 of 5 stars
$279.08
-1.1%
$365.91
+31.1%
+10.1%$7.34B$36.19B9.4021,900Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.2007 of 5 stars
$157.77
-0.5%
$201.86
+27.9%
+7.6%$6.19B$26.77B9.3123,600High Trading Volume
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.6618 of 5 stars
$385.30
+0.8%
$450.33
+16.9%
+47.9%$5.10B$19.93B10.4816,011Positive News
High Trading Volume
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.4615 of 5 stars
$32.41
-7.4%
$45.13
+39.2%
-53.4%$1.94B$9.09B44.4067,000Positive News
Gap Up
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.257 of 5 stars
$57.11
+1.7%
$74.80
+31.0%
+17.7%$1.93B$14.22B9.2410,500
MNRO
Monro
2.7146 of 5 stars
$15.53
+1.7%
$20.33
+30.9%
-53.0%$465.11M$1.21B24.278,750High Trading Volume
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.7898 of 5 stars
$43.67
+0.0%
$50.00
+14.5%
-18.1%$360.80M$1.39B-53.262,100News Coverage
Positive News
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.5131 of 5 stars
$1,333.84
-4.0%
$1,390.81
+4.3%
+31.4%$76.35B$16.71B32.8087,700High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:ABG) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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