AN vs. KMX, ETSY, W, THO, VIPS, TPX, GT, SCI, ALV, and AMCR
Should you be buying AutoNation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoNation include CarMax (KMX), Etsy (ETSY), Wayfair (W), THOR Industries (THO), Vipshop (VIPS), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), Service Co. International (SCI), Autoliv (ALV), and Amcor (AMCR).
AutoNation (NYSE:AN) and CarMax (NYSE:KMX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
AutoNation has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoNation has higher revenue and earnings than CarMax. AutoNation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarMax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AutoNation has a net margin of 3.41% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.81%. AutoNation's return on equity of 42.44% beat CarMax's return on equity.
CarMax received 310 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AutoNation and AutoNation both had 6 articles in the media. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat AutoNation's score of 0.79 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.6% of AutoNation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of AutoNation shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AutoNation currently has a consensus price target of $178.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.39%. CarMax has a consensus price target of $77.42, suggesting a potential upside of 11.95%. Given CarMax's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CarMax is more favorable than AutoNation.
Summary
CarMax beats AutoNation on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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