ABG vs. RUSHA, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, AAP, SAH, MNRO, and CRMT
Should you be buying Asbury Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asbury Automotive Group include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Monro (MNRO), and America's Car-Mart (CRMT).
Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Asbury Automotive Group had 2 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group and 2 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 1.58 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Asbury Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Enterprises. Asbury Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.68%. Rush Enterprises' return on equity of 20.12% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.
Rush Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $52.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.04%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $231.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.27%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.
84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rush Enterprises received 4 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Rush Enterprises beats Asbury Automotive Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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