CarMax (KMX) Competitors

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KMX vs. PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, AAP, SAH, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY

Should you be buying CarMax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CarMax include Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), 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.

CarMax vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Penske Automotive Group$29.53B0.37$1.05B$13.0512.68
CarMax$26.54B0.50$479.20M$2.9529.41

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.91% compared to CarMax's net margin of 1.77%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 18.38% beat CarMax's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Penske Automotive Group2.91% 18.38% 5.56%
CarMax 1.77%7.49%1.69%

CarMax received 352 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave CarMax an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Penske Automotive GroupOutperform Votes
351
60.41%
Underperform Votes
230
39.59%
CarMaxOutperform Votes
703
63.16%
Underperform Votes
410
36.84%

In the previous week, CarMax had 8 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CarMax and 4 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. CarMax's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 0.50 indicating that CarMax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Penske Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $170.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. CarMax has a consensus target price of $87.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.84%. Given Penske Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Penske Automotive Group is more favorable than CarMax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Penske Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
CarMax
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CarMax shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CarMax has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats CarMax on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KMX vs. The Competition

MetricCarMaxAutomotive dealers & gasoline service stations IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.34B$9.52B$26.16B$20.32B
Dividend YieldN/A1.24%171.26%3.67%
P/E Ratio29.411,521.18124.2744.54
Price / Sales0.501.203.2416.17
Price / Cash18.4836.3822.3320.34
Price / Book2.263.096.315.79
Net Income$479.20M$358.24M$678.19M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.42%3.38%0.03%-0.57%
1 Month Performance10.59%14.80%3.31%4.04%
1 Year Performance12.76%24.47%10.07%15.59%

CarMax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMX
CarMax
3.7358 of 5 stars
$86.44
-0.3%
$87.50
+1.2%
+16.0%$13.29B$26.54B29.3029,836Short Interest ↓
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5129 of 5 stars
$166.14
+0.4%
$170.25
+2.5%
+8.4%$11.10B$29.53B12.7444,000
LAD
Lithia Motors
3.8225 of 5 stars
$370.11
-1.2%
$357.40
-3.4%
+21.1%$9.87B$31.04B12.6427,446Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
AN
AutoNation
2.2254 of 5 stars
$192.09
+0.5%
$195.57
+1.8%
+28.2%$7.62B$26.32B11.0925,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.7388 of 5 stars
$466.37
-0.7%
$447.83
-4.0%
+69.7%$6.21B$19.93B12.6916,011Short Interest ↓
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.4513 of 5 stars
$293.57
0.0%
$255.20
-13.1%
+39.2%$5.75B$17.19B13.6515,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.7507 of 5 stars
$46.13
+0.4%
$47.93
+3.9%
-26.0%$2.76B$11.29B63.2169,000Gap Down
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.5045 of 5 stars
$72.08
-1.2%
$67.20
-6.8%
+30.4%$2.46B$14.37B12.8110,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
MNRO
Monro
3.6185 of 5 stars
$19.49
+3.0%
$28.67
+47.1%
-40.2%$583.88M$1.28B30.467,660
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
1.3717 of 5 stars
$49.75
+1.0%
$50.00
+0.5%
-23.0%$410.44M$1.39B-60.672,280
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.1664 of 5 stars
$1,317.15
+0.0%
$1,390.81
+5.6%
+29.1%$76.24B$16.71B32.4890,302Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision

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