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Penske Automotive Group (PAG) Competitors

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$157.38 +0.38 (+0.24%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

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

Penske Automotive Group vs.

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

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

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

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

Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% 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.

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
Penske Automotive Group$30.01B0.35$1.05B$13.0512.06
CarMax$25.90B0.50$479.20M$2.6631.68

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CarMax had 63 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 66 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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
18 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Penske Automotive Group2.91% 18.38% 5.56%
CarMax 1.61%6.83%1.53%

Summary

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

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PAG vs. The Competition

MetricPenske Automotive GroupAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.51B$8.41B$24.52B$19.18B
Dividend Yield2.94%1.30%167.08%3.59%
P/E Ratio12.061,264.89108.5841.28
Price / Sales0.351.053.1417.59
Price / Cash8.8935.1121.7821.28
Price / Book2.222.805.425.32
Net Income$1.05B$337.88M$676.04M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.60%-2.83%-2.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-2.16%1.52%0.51%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-3.67%10.18%9.02%12.14%

Penske Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.4179 of 5 stars
$157.38
+0.2%
$170.25
+8.2%
-1.2%$10.51B$30.01B12.0644,000High Trading Volume
KMX
CarMax
3.4806 of 5 stars
$85.53
-0.8%
$81.00
-5.3%
+12.8%$13.25B$25.90B32.4329,836Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2219 of 5 stars
$380.27
-0.1%
$357.60
-6.0%
+16.5%$10.13B$34.69B12.9927,446Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.6097 of 5 stars
$171.52
-0.7%
$199.29
+16.2%
+15.1%$6.80B$26.32B9.9125,300Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2806 of 5 stars
$426.95
0.0%
$437.67
+2.5%
+42.3%$5.69B$18.87B11.3616,011Insider Trade
Positive News
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.2806 of 5 stars
$256.00
+0.9%
$256.20
+0.1%
+10.8%$5.01B$16.50B14.4315,000Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.4896 of 5 stars
$43.94
+0.2%
$48.40
+10.2%
-26.8%$2.62B$11.19B60.0869,000
SAH
Sonic Automotive
2.9727 of 5 stars
$67.13
+0.9%
$67.40
+0.4%
+15.2%$2.30B$14.37B11.8410,500
MNRO
Monro
3.0842 of 5 stars
$26.16
+0.8%
$31.00
+18.5%
-19.3%$783.47M$1.22B29.837,660Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.1242 of 5 stars
$55.64
+0.6%
$50.00
-10.1%
-27.4%$459.20M$1.36B-67.562,280
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.3504 of 5 stars
$1,272.98
+0.2%
$1,257.00
-1.3%
+28.3%$73.49B$15.81B31.4390,302

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