GPI vs. PAG, KMX, LAD, AN, ABG, SAH, AAP, CRMT, MNRO, and ORLY
Should you be buying Group 1 Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Group 1 Automotive include Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), Monro (MNRO), and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
Group 1 Automotive vs.
Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) and Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Group 1 Automotive received 115 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.17% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote.
Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Group 1 Automotive. Penske Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Group 1 Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 11 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 21 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Penske Automotive Group pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Group 1 Automotive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Penske Automotive Group pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Group 1 Automotive pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Penske Automotive Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Group 1 Automotive has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Penske Automotive Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Penske Automotive Group presently has a consensus price target of $167.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Group 1 Automotive has a consensus price target of $454.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Group 1 Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.
Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.02% compared to Group 1 Automotive's net margin of 2.47%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 18.09% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Penske Automotive Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GPI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
