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S&P 500   4,967.23
DOW   37,986.40
QQQ   414.65
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Stock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
American Express profits jump 34%, helped by jump in new customers, higher spending
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QQQ   414.65
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Advance Auto Parts (AAP) Competitors

$78.69
+1.49 (+1.93%)
(As of 04/19/2024 ET)

AAP vs. ABG, AEO, SIG, CPRI, SHAK, RUSHA, RUSHB, M, GMS, and GPI

Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Capri (CPRI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Macy's (M), GMS (GMS), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Advance Auto Parts vs.

Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) and Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts had 2 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Advance Auto Parts and 7 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Advance Auto Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Asbury Automotive Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Advance Auto Parts
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Asbury Automotive Group currently has a consensus price target of $235.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Advance Auto Parts has a consensus price target of $64.56, suggesting a potential downside of 17.95%. Given Advance Auto Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Asbury Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Advance Auto Parts
2 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.95

Advance Auto Parts received 585 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.31% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Asbury Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
323
53.57%
Underperform Votes
280
46.43%
Advance Auto PartsOutperform Votes
908
64.31%
Underperform Votes
504
35.69%

Asbury Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Asbury Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Asbury Automotive Group$14.80B0.29$602.50M$28.607.52
Advance Auto Parts$11.29B0.42$29.74M$0.74106.34

Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 4.07% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 0.39%. Advance Auto Parts' return on equity of 21.68% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Asbury Automotive Group4.07% 21.68% 7.87%
Advance Auto Parts 0.39%1.68%0.36%

Summary

Asbury Automotive Group beats Advance Auto Parts on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AAP vs. The Competition

MetricAdvance Auto PartsAuto & home supply stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.69B$20.31B$20.88B$17.25B
Dividend Yield1.35%2.31%183.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio106.3432.5324.5824.02
Price / Sales0.421.346.3510.92
Price / Cash13.1110.3916.1417.10
Price / Book1.860.954.854.85
Net Income$29.74M$715.46M$742.13M$970.56M
7 Day Performance11.62%-0.15%-2.55%-1.76%
1 Month Performance-6.13%-7.19%-6.15%-2.50%
1 Year Performance-38.58%-14.33%-2.47%78.15%

Advance Auto Parts Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
0.8723 of 5 stars
$230.00
+2.3%
$235.00
+2.2%
+1.6%$4.64B$14.80B8.0415,000Upcoming Earnings
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
3.2754 of 5 stars
$24.39
-0.1%
$19.82
-18.7%
+64.7%$4.81B$5.26B28.3643,100Gap Up
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.6653 of 5 stars
$102.08
-2.1%
$120.20
+17.8%
+20.3%$4.52B$7.17B6.8127,991
CPRI
Capri
3.4097 of 5 stars
$44.03
+0.6%
$50.50
+14.7%
-15.9%$5.13B$5.62B24.7415,500Analyst Report
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SHAK
Shake Shack
3.3366 of 5 stars
$98.49
-3.9%
$86.39
-12.3%
+73.5%$4.17B$1.09B214.1012,196
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
3.7207 of 5 stars
$52.35
-0.3%
$51.67
-1.3%
+32.7%$4.08B$7.93B12.637,860Upcoming Earnings
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
1.1342 of 5 stars
$50.42
-1.2%
N/A+91.2%$3.97B$7.93B12.178,390Upcoming Earnings
M
Macy's
3.4356 of 5 stars
$19.69
+0.7%
$17.45
-11.4%
+7.6%$5.40B$23.09B53.2285,581Analyst Report
GMS
GMS
2.669 of 5 stars
$98.63
-1.4%
$89.63
-9.1%
+57.3%$3.93B$5.33B13.817,007
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
2.9503 of 5 stars
$282.17
+1.3%
$340.00
+20.5%
+14.9%$3.86B$17.87B6.6116,011Upcoming Earnings
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