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CarMax (KMX) Competitors

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$84.27 +0.04 (+0.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

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

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

CarMax vs.

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

CarMax currently has a consensus target price of $85.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Penske Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $170.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.18%. Given Penske Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Penske Automotive Group is more favorable than CarMax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CarMax
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21
Penske Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

CarMax has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than CarMax. Penske 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
CarMax$25.90B0.50$479.20M$2.6631.68
Penske Automotive Group$30.01B0.35$1.05B$13.0512.06

In the previous week, CarMax had 62 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for CarMax and 3 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. Penske Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat CarMax's score of 0.75 indicating that Penske Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CarMax
19 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Penske Automotive Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CarMax received 350 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CarMaxOutperform Votes
701
63.10%
Underperform Votes
410
36.90%
Penske Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
351
60.41%
Underperform Votes
230
39.59%

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.91% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.61%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat CarMax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CarMax1.61% 6.83% 1.53%
Penske Automotive Group 2.91%18.38%5.56%

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CarMax shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats CarMax on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KMX vs. The Competition

MetricCarMaxAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.06B$8.41B$24.60B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A1.30%165.84%3.58%
P/E Ratio31.681,264.89108.7941.22
Price / Sales0.501.053.7417.58
Price / Cash18.5735.1121.7321.28
Price / Book2.192.805.425.32
Net Income$479.20M$337.88M$675.22M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-2.31%-2.83%-2.92%-3.45%
1 Month Performance4.27%1.52%0.23%-3.73%
1 Year Performance7.28%10.18%8.77%12.06%

CarMax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMX
CarMax
3.4806 of 5 stars
$84.27
+0.0%
$85.17
+1.1%
+12.8%$13.06B$25.90B31.6829,836Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.4179 of 5 stars
$163.51
+0.2%
$170.25
+4.1%
-1.2%$10.92B$30.01B12.5144,000
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2219 of 5 stars
$380.02
-0.1%
$357.60
-5.9%
+16.5%$10.12B$34.69B12.9927,446Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.6097 of 5 stars
$171.62
-0.6%
$199.29
+16.1%
+15.1%$6.80B$26.95B9.9625,300Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2806 of 5 stars
$426.70
-0.1%
$437.67
+2.6%
+42.3%$5.68B$17.87B11.3816,011Insider Trade
Positive 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
$44.05
+0.4%
$48.40
+9.9%
-26.8%$2.63B$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
$26.21
+1.0%
$31.00
+18.3%
-19.3%$784.96M$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
$1,275.88
+0.4%
$1,257.00
-1.5%
+28.3%$73.66B$15.81B31.4390,302

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