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Group 1 Automotive (GPI) Competitors

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$419.99 +5.09 (+1.23%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Group 1 Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Group 1 Automotive include CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), 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.

Group 1 Automotive vs.

Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) and CarMax (NYSE:KMX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.

Group 1 Automotive presently has a consensus price target of $437.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. CarMax has a consensus price target of $85.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given Group 1 Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than CarMax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Group 1 Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
CarMax
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

CarMax received 237 more outperform votes than Group 1 Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Group 1 AutomotiveOutperform Votes
464
59.87%
Underperform Votes
311
40.13%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
701
63.10%
Underperform Votes
410
36.90%

In the previous week, CarMax had 57 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for CarMax and 9 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat CarMax's score of 0.75 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Group 1 Automotive
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarMax
18 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Group 1 Automotive has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CarMax. Group 1 Automotive 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
Group 1 Automotive$18.87B0.30$601.60M$37.5311.19
CarMax$25.90B0.50$479.20M$2.6631.68

Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Group 1 Automotive has a net margin of 2.68% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.61%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 18.49% beat CarMax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Group 1 Automotive2.68% 18.49% 5.94%
CarMax 1.61%6.83%1.53%

Summary

Group 1 Automotive beats CarMax on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GPI vs. The Competition

MetricGroup 1 AutomotiveAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.59B$8.41B$24.44B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.45%1.31%167.09%3.60%
P/E Ratio11.191,264.89108.5841.28
Price / Sales0.301.053.1217.60
Price / Cash8.1835.1121.7821.28
Price / Book2.172.805.425.32
Net Income$601.60M$337.88M$676.04M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.66%-2.83%-2.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance2.77%1.52%0.51%-3.68%
1 Year Performance40.00%10.18%9.02%12.14%

Group 1 Automotive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2806 of 5 stars
$419.99
+1.2%
$437.67
+4.2%
+42.3%$5.59B$18.87B11.1916,011Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KMX
CarMax
3.4806 of 5 stars
$85.41
-1.0%
$81.00
-5.2%
+12.8%$13.23B$25.90B32.4329,836Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.4179 of 5 stars
$163.60
+0.2%
$170.25
+4.1%
-1.2%$10.92B$30.01B12.5144,000
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2219 of 5 stars
$379.44
-0.3%
$357.60
-5.8%
+16.5%$10.11B$34.69B12.9927,446Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.6097 of 5 stars
$171.60
-0.6%
$199.29
+16.1%
+15.1%$6.80B$26.95B9.9625,300Positive News
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.2806 of 5 stars
$255.50
+0.7%
$256.20
+0.3%
+10.8%$5.00B$16.50B14.4315,000Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.4896 of 5 stars
$44.16
+0.7%
$48.40
+9.6%
-26.8%$2.64B$11.19B60.0869,000
SAH
Sonic Automotive
2.975 of 5 stars
$66.74
+0.3%
$67.40
+1.0%
+15.2%$2.28B$14.37B11.8410,500
MNRO
Monro
3.0842 of 5 stars
$25.95
flat
$31.00
+19.5%
-19.3%$777.18M$1.22B29.837,660Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.1242 of 5 stars
$55.47
+0.3%
$50.00
-9.9%
-27.4%$457.79M$1.36B-67.562,280Positive News
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.3452 of 5 stars
$1,276.60
+0.5%
$1,257.00
-1.5%
+28.3%$73.70B$15.81B31.4390,302

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This page (NYSE:GPI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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