GPI vs. ABG, SAH, AN, LAD, PAG, KMX, RUSHA, RUSHB, CASY, and WEN
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), AutoNation (AN), Lithia Motors (LAD), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Casey's General Stores (CASY), and Wendy's (WEN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Group 1 Automotive currently has a consensus target price of $331.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $235.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.64%. Given Group 1 Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.
99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Asbury Automotive Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Group 1 Automotive received 132 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Group 1 Automotive's net margin of 3.23%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 22.45% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Asbury Automotive Group had 6 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group and 6 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.08 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Asbury Automotive Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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