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$243.12 -0.48 (-0.20%)
Closing price 06/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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ABG vs. PAG, KMX, LAD, AN, GPI, AAP, SAH, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY

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

Asbury Automotive Group vs. Its Competitors

Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Penske Automotive Group currently has a consensus price target of $167.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.78%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus price target of $261.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.70%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Penske Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Penske Automotive Group$30.61B0.36$918.90M$14.2011.85
Asbury Automotive Group$17.14B0.28$430.30M$21.0111.57

Penske Automotive Group received 27 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote while only 52.48% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Penske Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
355
60.07%
Underperform Votes
236
39.93%
Asbury Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
328
52.48%
Underperform Votes
297
47.52%

In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 7 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 4 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.64 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Penske Automotive Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Asbury Automotive Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.02% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 2.50%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 18.05% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Penske Automotive Group3.02% 18.05% 5.50%
Asbury Automotive Group 2.50%16.29%5.34%

Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats Asbury Automotive Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ABG vs. The Competition

MetricAsbury Automotive GroupAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.78B$8.86B$25.20B$19.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.40%168.49%3.84%
P/E Ratio11.3024.7224.6135.67
Price / Sales0.282.424.3546.74
Price / Cash8.7319.0319.4117.52
Price / Book1.545.136.264.84
Net Income$430.30M$310.64M$784.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.85%1.36%0.96%1.94%
1 Month Performance3.01%5.42%2.35%3.03%
1 Year Performance3.65%8.30%22.16%9.73%

Asbury Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.6276 of 5 stars
$243.12
-0.2%
$261.83
+7.7%
+5.6%$4.78B$17.14B11.3013,000Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.9412 of 5 stars
$159.60
-2.8%
$167.00
+4.6%
+14.6%$10.56B$30.61B11.6126,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
KMX
CarMax
4.6072 of 5 stars
$64.11
-0.5%
$85.82
+33.9%
-1.6%$9.79B$26.35B21.7332,600Positive News
Analyst Revision
LAD
Lithia Motors
3.7806 of 5 stars
$313.52
-1.1%
$361.20
+15.2%
+32.0%$8.16B$36.80B10.5621,900
AN
AutoNation
3.0951 of 5 stars
$181.67
-1.2%
$200.75
+10.5%
+17.1%$6.85B$26.97B10.7223,600Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.1442 of 5 stars
$420.79
-0.7%
$454.43
+8.0%
+46.7%$5.44B$20.97B11.4515,500Insider Trade
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.621 of 5 stars
$49.77
+3.8%
$46.11
-7.3%
-19.1%$2.98B$8.91B68.1867,000Analyst Revision
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.7005 of 5 stars
$70.55
+0.9%
$70.71
+0.2%
+35.2%$2.40B$14.49B11.4210,300
MNRO
Monro
2.5907 of 5 stars
$15.60
+1.8%
$17.67
+13.2%
-37.2%$467.52M$1.20B24.388,750Trending News
High Trading Volume
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.1011 of 5 stars
$49.72
-0.1%
$50.00
+0.6%
-7.7%$410.79M$1.39B-60.632,100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.7271 of 5 stars
$1,370.68
+0.2%
$1,414.56
+3.2%
+35.0%$78.11B$16.87B33.7187,700Short Interest ↑

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