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Asbury Automotive Group (ABG) Competitors

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$262.42 +2.54 (+0.98%)
(As of 11:02 AM 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Rush Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.65%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus price target of $256.20, suggesting a potential downside of 1.51%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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

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 52.93% 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
52.93%
Underperform Votes
289
47.07%

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$7.93B0.63$347.05M$3.7716.69
Asbury Automotive Group$14.80B0.34$602.50M$17.6714.72

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%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 10 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.23 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Asbury Automotive Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Asbury Automotive Group on 12 of the 17 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$4.64B$8.83B$23.52B$19.99B
Dividend YieldN/A1.34%171.44%3.56%
P/E Ratio14.721,359.24131.2942.22
Price / Sales0.341.116.5817.53
Price / Cash6.2031.2719.4720.60
Price / Book1.5211.607.845.24
Net Income$602.50M$371.37M$690.31M$988.95M
7 Day Performance14.11%6.93%3.42%4.38%
1 Month Performance13.96%4.65%4.64%3.89%
1 Year Performance29.12%33.61%19.15%30.13%

Asbury Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.8333 of 5 stars
$262.42
+1.0%
$256.20
-2.4%
+28.2%$5.14B$14.80B14.8515,000Analyst Forecast
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.0115 of 5 stars
$57.46
+1.6%
N/A+68.1%$4.53B$7.93B15.247,860Insider Selling
KAR
OPENLANE
3.6101 of 5 stars
$15.90
+0.6%
N/A+35.6%$1.72B$1.65B106.004,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
KMX
CarMax
3.376 of 5 stars
$72.30
-0.1%
N/A+18.8%$11.21B$26.54B27.1829,836Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5389 of 5 stars
$150.51
0.0%
N/A+5.4%$10.05B$29.53B11.5344,000
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.0686 of 5 stars
$337.81
+1.6%
N/A+40.6%$8.85B$31.04B11.5327,446Analyst Forecast
AN
AutoNation
3.7543 of 5 stars
$156.25
+0.5%
N/A+23.8%$6.20B$26.95B9.0125,300Analyst Forecast
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.1717 of 5 stars
$362.34
-0.5%
N/A+48.0%$4.88B$17.87B9.6516,011Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.7054 of 5 stars
$36.25
+1.6%
N/A-33.2%$2.16B$11.29B3,625.0069,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.1307 of 5 stars
$57.11
+0.7%
N/A+26.6%$1.95B$14.37B10.1610,500Positive News
MNRO
Monro
1.3914 of 5 stars
$27.65
+0.9%
N/A+9.8%$820.91M$1.28B31.787,660

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This page (NYSE:ABG) was last updated on 11/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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