PAG vs. KMX, LAD, AN, ABG, GPI, CASY, RUSHA, RUSHB, CVNA, and BBWI
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), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Carvana (CVNA), and Bath & Body Works (BBWI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
CarMax (NYSE:KMX) and Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
CarMax has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CarMax had 9 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CarMax and 5 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. Penske Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat CarMax's score of 0.71 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by company 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.
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.
Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.27% compared to Penske Automotive Group's net margin of 1.81%. CarMax's return on equity of 21.72% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity.
CarMax presently has a consensus target price of $77.42, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. Penske Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $163.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. Given Penske Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CarMax is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.
CarMax received 338 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Summary
CarMax beats Penske Automotive Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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