AAP vs. KMX, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, SAH, CRMT, MNRO, ORLY, and AZO
Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include CarMax (KMX), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), and AutoZone (AZO). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
Advance Auto Parts vs. Its Competitors
CarMax (NYSE:KMX) and Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
CarMax currently has a consensus target price of $84.64, indicating a potential upside of 20.41%. Advance Auto Parts has a consensus target price of $46.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.38%. Given CarMax's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CarMax is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
CarMax has higher revenue and earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Advance Auto Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CarMax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CarMax had 3 more articles in the media than Advance Auto Parts. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CarMax and 10 mentions for Advance Auto Parts. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Advance Auto Parts' score of 0.26 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CarMax has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CarMax has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Advance Auto Parts' net margin of -3.74%. CarMax's return on equity of 9.11% beat Advance Auto Parts' return on equity.
Summary
CarMax beats Advance Auto Parts on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AAP) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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