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