Casey's General Stores (CASY) Competitors

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is AN or CASY more profitable?

AutoNation has a net margin of 3.41% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 3.23%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 42.44% beat AutoNation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AutoNation	3.41%	42.44%	8.06%
Casey's General Stores	3.23%	16.70%	7.71%

Do analysts recommend AN or CASY?

AutoNation currently has a consensus price target of $178.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus price target of $312.63, suggesting a potential downside of 7.80%. Given Casey's General Stores' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AutoNation is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AutoNation	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Casey's General Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AN or CASY?

94.6% of AutoNation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AutoNation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AN or CASY?

AutoNation has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. AutoNation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AutoNation	$26.95B	0.25	$1.02B	$21.09	8.08
Casey's General Stores	$15.09B	0.83	$446.69M	$12.58	26.79

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AN or CASY?

Casey's General Stores received 249 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AutoNation	Outperform Votes 375 56.31%	Underperform Votes 291 43.69%
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 624 62.71%	Underperform Votes 371 37.29%

Which has more risk & volatility, AN or CASY?

AutoNation has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AN or CASY?

In the previous week, Casey's General Stores had 3 more articles in the media than AutoNation. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Casey's General Stores and 7 mentions for AutoNation. AutoNation's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Casey's General Stores' score of 0.84 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AutoNation	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casey's General Stores	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AutoNation beats Casey's General Stores on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.