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Lithia Motors (LAD) Competitors

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$351.33 -6.76 (-1.89%)
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LAD vs. KMX, PAG, AN, GPI, ABG, AAP, SAH, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY

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

Lithia Motors vs.

Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) and CarMax (NYSE:KMX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Lithia Motors has a net margin of 2.31% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.77%. Lithia Motors' return on equity of 12.95% beat CarMax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithia Motors2.31% 12.95% 3.76%
CarMax 1.77%7.49%1.69%

In the previous week, CarMax had 7 more articles in the media than Lithia Motors. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CarMax and 17 mentions for Lithia Motors. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Lithia Motors' score of 0.63 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lithia Motors
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CarMax
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CarMax received 208 more outperform votes than Lithia Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.26% of users gave Lithia Motors an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lithia MotorsOutperform Votes
493
66.26%
Underperform Votes
251
33.74%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
701
63.10%
Underperform Votes
410
36.90%

Lithia Motors presently has a consensus target price of $357.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.73%. CarMax has a consensus target price of $85.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Given CarMax's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CarMax is more favorable than Lithia Motors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithia Motors
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
CarMax
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

Lithia Motors has higher revenue and earnings than CarMax. Lithia Motors 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
Lithia Motors$31.04B0.30$1.00B$29.3011.99
CarMax$26.54B0.46$479.20M$2.9526.77

Summary

Lithia Motors beats CarMax on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LAD vs. The Competition

MetricLithia MotorsAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.36B$9.20B$24.87B$19.94B
Dividend Yield0.62%1.37%165.81%3.71%
P/E Ratio11.991,298.72110.5341.41
Price / Sales0.301.203.7116.25
Price / Cash7.3128.6720.3619.84
Price / Book1.542.976.705.76
Net Income$1.00B$371.37M$675.95M$993.25M
7 Day Performance0.53%2.92%2.01%3.12%
1 Month Performance-2.40%0.99%0.20%4.75%
1 Year Performance18.40%22.77%13.47%18.83%

Lithia Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.4716 of 5 stars
$351.33
-1.9%
$357.40
+1.7%
+18.4%$9.36B$31.04B11.9927,446Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
KMX
CarMax
3.8138 of 5 stars
$78.06
-0.4%
$85.17
+9.1%
+14.2%$12.01B$25.98B29.3529,836Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5984 of 5 stars
$152.99
+1.2%
$170.25
+11.3%
+5.7%$10.21B$30.01B11.7244,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AN
AutoNation
1.7986 of 5 stars
$174.14
+1.9%
$199.29
+14.4%
+32.0%$6.90B$26.32B10.0425,300Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2195 of 5 stars
$427.73
+1.6%
$437.67
+2.3%
+63.4%$5.70B$18.87B11.4016,011Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.8808 of 5 stars
$240.22
+1.0%
$256.20
+6.7%
+19.7%$4.71B$16.50B13.5915,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.9773 of 5 stars
$45.43
-1.7%
$47.93
+5.5%
-28.0%$2.71B$11.19B62.2369,000Analyst Revision
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.6726 of 5 stars
$63.74
+0.6%
$67.40
+5.7%
+34.5%$2.18B$13.91B11.3410,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MNRO
Monro
3.4849 of 5 stars
$21.84
-0.6%
$29.33
+34.3%
-26.3%$654.09M$1.22B25.108,750
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.7793 of 5 stars
$44.58
-0.1%
$50.00
+12.2%
-26.5%$367.92M$1.36B-54.372,100Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.2414 of 5 stars
$1,212.05
+1.2%
$1,270.69
+4.8%
+18.4%$69.97B$16.44B29.9987,700News Coverage

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