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$258.66 -0.28 (-0.11%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 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 Muffler Brake (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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

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$30.46B0.40$918.90M$14.2012.86
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.30$430.30M$21.0112.31

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

Penske Automotive Group presently has a consensus price target of $172.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.78%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus price target of $263.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.87%. 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 a net margin of 3.10% compared to Asbury Automotive Group's net margin of 2.42%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 17.80% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Penske Automotive Group3.10% 17.80% 5.51%
Asbury Automotive Group 2.42%15.41%5.19%

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

In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 8 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 5 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.67 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 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)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats Asbury Automotive Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 GroupRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.09B$4.81B$26.42B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.34%175.53%3.75%
P/E Ratio12.3114.9729.6528.05
Price / Sales0.300.502.8545.92
Price / Cash7.6013.7748.5522.31
Price / Book1.451.825.934.59
Net Income$430.30M$375.51M$872.48M$985.44M
7 Day Performance5.84%7.20%3.93%2.78%
1 Month Performance12.89%12.99%4.85%5.40%
1 Year Performance14.65%26.41%21.75%14.61%

Asbury Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.8089 of 5 stars
$258.66
-0.1%
$263.50
+1.9%
+14.7%$5.09B$17.19B12.3115,000
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.7507 of 5 stars
$175.56
+1.2%
$172.00
-2.0%
+25.0%$11.62B$30.46B12.3628,900
KMX
CarMax
4.419 of 5 stars
$67.32
-1.8%
$85.10
+26.4%
-4.0%$10.28B$26.35B18.6030,048Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.5298 of 5 stars
$336.06
+1.2%
$379.40
+12.9%
+40.2%$8.75B$36.24B10.5930,000
AN
AutoNation
2.6687 of 5 stars
$198.47
+1.0%
$205.75
+3.7%
+33.3%$7.48B$26.77B11.7425,100
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.3798 of 5 stars
$448.69
+0.7%
$473.00
+5.4%
+59.4%$5.81B$19.93B12.6020,413
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.4598 of 5 stars
$51.97
+5.2%
$46.25
-11.0%
-14.6%$3.11B$9.09B-8.8562,800Analyst Forecast
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.5092 of 5 stars
$80.44
+2.9%
$74.71
-7.1%
+62.7%$2.73B$14.22B11.4610,800
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
0.9538 of 5 stars
$14.74
+3.1%
$17.67
+19.9%
-28.1%$441.76M$1.20B-73.707,360
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
3.0142 of 5 stars
$51.69
+0.8%
$50.00
-3.3%
+3.5%$426.96M$1.39B24.732,280Positive News
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.2195 of 5 stars
$91.26
+1.8%
$94.30
+3.3%
+33.8%$78.01B$16.71B33.5493,047Analyst Forecast

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