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$34.55 -0.81 (-2.29%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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CRMT vs. MNRO, ORLY, AZO, PAG, KMX, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, and AAP

Should you be buying America's Car-Mart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of America's Car-Mart include Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), and Advance Auto Parts (AAP). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.

America's Car-Mart vs. Its Competitors

America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) and Monro Muffler Brake (NASDAQ:MNRO) are both small-cap automotive retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

America's Car-Mart has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Monro Muffler Brake's net margin of -1.59%. Monro Muffler Brake's return on equity of 2.49% beat America's Car-Mart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
America's Car-Mart0.95% 1.08% 0.38%
Monro Muffler Brake -1.59%2.49%0.95%

America's Car-Mart has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monro Muffler Brake has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.1% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by institutional investors. 18.5% of America's Car-Mart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Monro Muffler Brake shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

America's Car-Mart presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.25%. Monro Muffler Brake has a consensus price target of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.13%. Given America's Car-Mart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe America's Car-Mart is more favorable than Monro Muffler Brake.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
America's Car-Mart
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Monro Muffler Brake
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

America's Car-Mart has higher revenue and earnings than Monro Muffler Brake. Monro Muffler Brake is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America's Car-Mart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
America's Car-Mart$1.39B0.21$17.93M$1.5522.29
Monro Muffler Brake$1.20B0.43-$5.18M-$0.67-25.84

In the previous week, America's Car-Mart had 1 more articles in the media than Monro Muffler Brake. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for America's Car-Mart and 6 mentions for Monro Muffler Brake. Monro Muffler Brake's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat America's Car-Mart's score of 0.02 indicating that Monro Muffler Brake is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
America's Car-Mart
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Monro Muffler Brake
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

America's Car-Mart beats Monro Muffler Brake on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRMT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerica's Car-MartRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$292.72M$4.87B$28.13B$10.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.37%173.88%4.60%
P/E Ratio22.2914.4920.6225.93
Price / Sales0.210.548.50181.69
Price / Cash9.7312.4366.6760.44
Price / Book0.511.774.816.29
Net Income$17.93M$375.51M$872.26M$270.77M
7 Day Performance-4.35%-3.15%1.22%3.84%
1 Month Performance-25.49%-2.59%4.04%4.85%
1 Year Performance-30.75%15.72%19.19%26.00%

America's Car-Mart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
3.779 of 5 stars
$34.55
-2.3%
$45.00
+30.2%
-27.3%$292.72M$1.39B22.292,300Analyst Downgrade
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.947 of 5 stars
$17.57
-0.6%
$17.33
-1.3%
-30.0%$530.03M$1.20B-26.227,360Positive News
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.7246 of 5 stars
$106.40
+1.5%
$104.40
-1.9%
+44.0%$88.96B$17.12B38.0493,047News Coverage
Positive News
AZO
AutoZone
4.0569 of 5 stars
$4,245.88
+0.6%
$4,148.90
-2.3%
+39.4%$70.81B$18.49B28.74126,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
4.0855 of 5 stars
$187.42
-0.1%
$181.00
-3.4%
+20.4%$12.39B$30.58B13.0428,900Positive News
KMX
CarMax
4.6502 of 5 stars
$61.28
+1.0%
$81.50
+33.0%
-21.6%$9.11B$26.79B16.9330,048Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.6523 of 5 stars
$339.96
-0.3%
$380.91
+12.0%
+23.9%$8.74B$36.24B10.0830,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AN
AutoNation
3.1041 of 5 stars
$227.32
+0.2%
$223.25
-1.8%
+38.0%$8.55B$26.77B14.2425,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.906 of 5 stars
$475.27
-1.8%
$479.43
+0.9%
+34.8%$6.26B$19.93B13.1020,413News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
3.1395 of 5 stars
$253.60
-1.5%
$254.00
+0.2%
+14.6%$5.06B$17.19B9.2615,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.8272 of 5 stars
$60.97
+0.9%
$51.78
-15.1%
+54.8%$3.63B$9.09B-9.5762,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:CRMT) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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