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Group 1 Automotive (GPI) Competitors

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$447.84 +3.04 (+0.68%)
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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, CarMax had 9 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CarMax and 15 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of 0.39 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CarMax
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$17.87B0.33$601.60M$37.5311.93
CarMax$26.54B0.46$479.20M$2.9526.77

Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Group 1 Automotive currently has a consensus target price of $436.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.46%. CarMax has a consensus target price of $85.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.86%. 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)
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

Group 1 Automotive has a net margin of 2.68% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.77%. 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 1.77%7.49%1.69%

CarMax received 236 more outperform votes than Group 1 Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 59.92% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Group 1 AutomotiveOutperform Votes
465
59.92%
Underperform Votes
311
40.08%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
701
63.10%
Underperform Votes
410
36.90%

Summary

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

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GPI vs. The Competition

MetricGroup 1 AutomotiveAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.61B$8.64B$24.59B$19.43B
Dividend Yield0.45%1.37%167.16%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.931,062.5991.2534.03
Price / Sales0.331.203.7317.14
Price / Cash8.1128.6720.3619.84
Price / Book2.312.976.705.76
Net Income$601.60M$371.37M$675.95M$993.25M
7 Day Performance4.61%2.92%2.01%3.12%
1 Month Performance6.63%0.99%0.20%4.75%
1 Year Performance63.49%22.77%13.47%18.83%

Group 1 Automotive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2192 of 5 stars
$447.84
+0.7%
$436.83
-2.5%
+63.4%$5.96B$18.87B11.9316,011Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KMX
CarMax
3.8138 of 5 stars
$78.18
-0.2%
$85.17
+8.9%
+14.2%$12.02B$25.98B29.3929,836Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5984 of 5 stars
$153.31
+1.4%
$170.25
+11.0%
+5.7%$10.24B$30.01B11.7544,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.4716 of 5 stars
$347.97
+1.8%
$361.45
+3.9%
+18.4%$9.27B$34.69B11.8821,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
AN
AutoNation
1.7986 of 5 stars
$174.51
+2.2%
$199.29
+14.2%
+32.0%$6.92B$26.32B10.0625,300Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.8808 of 5 stars
$240.09
+1.0%
$256.20
+6.7%
+19.7%$4.70B$16.50B13.5915,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.8848 of 5 stars
$45.32
-1.9%
$47.93
+5.8%
-28.0%$2.71B$11.19B62.0869,000Analyst Revision
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.6726 of 5 stars
$63.87
+0.8%
$67.40
+5.5%
+34.5%$2.18B$13.91B11.3610,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MNRO
Monro
3.4849 of 5 stars
$21.78
-0.9%
$29.33
+34.7%
-26.3%$652.29M$1.22B25.038,750
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.7793 of 5 stars
$44.08
-1.3%
$50.00
+13.4%
-26.5%$363.79M$1.36B-53.762,100Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.2414 of 5 stars
$1,212.13
+1.2%
$1,270.69
+4.8%
+18.4%$69.98B$16.44B29.9987,700News Coverage

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