GPI vs. ABG, SAH, LAD, PAG, RUSHA, RUSHB, CASY, AAP, SHAK, and CPRI
Should you be buying Group 1 Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Group 1 Automotive include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Lithia Motors (LAD), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Capri (CPRI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) and Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 3.23%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Group 1 Automotive's return on equity.
Asbury Automotive Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Asbury Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Group 1 Automotive had 4 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Group 1 Automotive and 3 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Group 1 Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Asbury Automotive Group presently has a consensus price target of $231.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. Group 1 Automotive has a consensus price target of $330.83, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.
Group 1 Automotive received 132 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Asbury Automotive Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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