AAP vs. PAG, KMX, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, SAH, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY
Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
Advance Auto Parts vs. Its Competitors
Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) and Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts had 25 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Advance Auto Parts and 26 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. Penske Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Advance Auto Parts' score of 0.38 indicating that Penske Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Advance Auto Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penske Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Penske Automotive Group pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Penske Automotive Group pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advance Auto Parts pays out -15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Penske Automotive Group has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Advance Auto Parts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Penske Automotive Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.13% compared to Advance Auto Parts' net margin of -4.37%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 17.43% beat Advance Auto Parts' return on equity.
Penske Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $181.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. Advance Auto Parts has a consensus target price of $51.01, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Given Penske Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Penske Automotive Group is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
Summary
Penske Automotive Group beats Advance Auto Parts on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AAP) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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