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$177.03 -5.99 (-3.27%)
Closing price 07/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PAG vs. ABG, AN, BC, GPI, LAD, SAH, KMX, AAP, CRMT, and MNRO

Should you be buying Penske Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penske Automotive Group include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), AutoNation (AN), Brunswick (BC), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sonic Automotive (SAH), CarMax (KMX), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), and Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO).

Penske Automotive Group vs. Its Competitors

Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) and Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Asbury Automotive Group presently has a consensus target price of $263.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.11%. Penske Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $172.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.84%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Penske Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penske Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.28$430.30M$21.0111.82
Penske Automotive Group$30.46B0.38$918.90M$14.2012.47

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.10% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 2.42%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 17.80% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Asbury Automotive Group2.42% 15.41% 5.19%
Penske Automotive Group 3.10%17.80%5.51%

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.4% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Asbury Automotive Group had 6 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group and 6 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.71 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats Asbury Automotive Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PAG vs. The Competition

MetricPenske Automotive GroupRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.11B$4.84B$26.86B$20.82B
Dividend Yield2.75%1.34%177.06%3.65%
P/E Ratio12.4714.2929.3527.17
Price / Sales0.380.515.8647.98
Price / Cash11.3513.3948.0422.28
Price / Book2.261.765.664.56
Net Income$918.90M$375.51M$876.41M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-2.42%-3.71%-1.92%-1.16%
1 Month Performance3.36%6.57%4.18%3.18%
1 Year Performance9.30%8.40%20.65%6.83%

Penske Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5247 of 5 stars
$177.03
-3.3%
$172.00
-2.8%
+14.0%$12.11B$30.46B12.4728,900
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.1261 of 5 stars
$254.05
-1.8%
$263.50
+3.7%
-0.5%$5.09B$17.19B9.6415,000News Coverage
Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.6978 of 5 stars
$211.18
-0.6%
$205.75
-2.6%
+18.1%$8.01B$26.77B12.0325,100
BC
Brunswick
4.6828 of 5 stars
$58.21
-2.1%
$70.00
+20.3%
-25.5%$3.90B$5.24B48.1115,000Dividend Announcement
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2635 of 5 stars
$461.24
-1.0%
$473.00
+2.5%
+51.3%$6.03B$19.93B12.9520,413Upcoming Earnings
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.9046 of 5 stars
$346.10
-1.9%
$379.40
+9.6%
+25.5%$9.19B$36.24B10.9130,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.9546 of 5 stars
$87.15
-0.5%
$74.71
-14.3%
+50.6%$2.97B$14.22B12.4110,800
KMX
CarMax
4.7227 of 5 stars
$68.75
-2.6%
$84.45
+22.8%
-23.1%$10.60B$26.35B18.9930,048Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.9323 of 5 stars
$54.24
+5.1%
$46.53
-14.2%
-0.1%$3.09B$9.09B-9.2462,800Positive News
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.6178 of 5 stars
$60.77
-2.1%
$50.00
-17.7%
-16.1%$512.65M$1.39B50.042,280
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
2.5 of 5 stars
$15.78
-5.1%
$17.67
+12.0%
-35.1%$498.39M$1.20B-78.907,360

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This page (NYSE:PAG) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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