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Group 1 Automotive (GPI) Competitors

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$401.67 +0.42 (+0.10%)
(As of 11/20/2024 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Group 1 Automotive currently has a consensus price target of $397.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.96%. CarMax has a consensus price target of $79.73, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Given CarMax's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CarMax is more favorable than Group 1 Automotive.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Group 1 Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
CarMax
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

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$17.87B0.30$601.60M$37.5310.70
CarMax$26.54B0.45$479.20M$2.6628.82

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%

CarMax received 238 more outperform votes than Group 1 Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.49% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 59.72% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Group 1 AutomotiveOutperform Votes
461
59.72%
Underperform Votes
311
40.28%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
699
63.49%
Underperform Votes
402
36.51%

Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Group 1 Automotive had 7 more articles in the media than CarMax. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Group 1 Automotive and 10 mentions for CarMax. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of 1.04 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Group 1 Automotive
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarMax
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Group 1 Automotive and CarMax tied by winning 9 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$5.35B$9.26B$23.96B$19.84B
Dividend Yield0.45%1.28%169.97%3.50%
P/E Ratio10.701,303.06101.9937.73
Price / Sales0.301.156.5918.01
Price / Cash7.9933.5219.8517.90
Price / Book2.082.986.354.86
Net Income$601.60M$371.37M$688.15M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-2.32%-3.20%-1.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance14.85%0.38%-2.18%1.05%
1 Year Performance42.88%32.70%15.23%24.67%

Group 1 Automotive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2236 of 5 stars
$401.67
+0.1%
$397.80
-1.0%
+41.6%$5.35B$17.87B10.7016,011Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
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
3.6619 of 5 stars
$157.08
-1.3%
$170.25
+8.4%
+2.3%$10.63B$29.53B12.0444,000Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2272 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
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
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.9159 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
2.2956 of 5 stars
$26.77
-4.8%
$31.00
+15.8%
-7.5%$842.48M$1.28B30.777,660
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
3.1928 of 5 stars
$41.75
+0.0%
$50.00
+19.8%
-47.8%$267.20M$1.39B-7.282,280Short Interest ↓
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.5414 of 5 stars
$1,188.87
-1.0%
$1,242.13
+4.5%
+21.5%$69.31B$15.81B29.4190,302Positive News

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