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

Should you be buying Lithia Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lithia Motors include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), AutoNation (AN), Brunswick (BC), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), and America's Car-Mart (CRMT).

Lithia Motors vs. Its Competitors

Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.13% compared to Lithia Motors' net margin of 2.39%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 15.41% beat Lithia Motors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lithia Motors2.39% 13.21% 3.81%
Asbury Automotive Group 3.13%15.41%5.38%

Lithia Motors currently has a consensus target price of $381.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.83%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $251.14, indicating a potential downside of 0.24%. Given Lithia Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lithia Motors is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lithia Motors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Asbury Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lithia Motors$36.24B0.22$802M$33.739.27
Asbury Automotive Group$17.26B0.29$430.30M$27.389.19

In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 9 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lithia Motors and 9 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Lithia Motors' score of 0.49 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
Lithia Motors
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Asbury Automotive Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lithia Motors beats Asbury Automotive Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LAD vs. The Competition

MetricLithia MotorsRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.93B$4.50B$27.21B$22.00B
Dividend Yield0.71%1.52%172.46%3.61%
P/E Ratio9.2713.6318.9132.73
Price / Sales0.220.519.5761.10
Price / Cash6.8010.7062.8524.48
Price / Book1.241.695.164.67
Net Income$802M$375.51M$911.66M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.82%1.31%0.39%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-6.33%-4.59%-2.23%-0.17%
1 Year Performance2.64%7.26%7.23%11.29%

Lithia Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.7179 of 5 stars
$312.74
+1.1%
$381.00
+21.8%
+2.1%$7.93B$36.24B9.2730,000
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.8796 of 5 stars
$238.92
+1.6%
$249.00
+4.2%
+9.6%$4.70B$17.19B8.7315,000Upcoming Earnings
AN
AutoNation
3.7298 of 5 stars
$215.94
+1.3%
$222.63
+3.1%
+33.3%$8.14B$27.46B13.5325,100Gap Down
BC
Brunswick
4.0945 of 5 stars
$60.30
+2.6%
$67.00
+11.1%
-20.3%$3.94B$5.24B97.2615,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.8248 of 5 stars
$423.54
+1.4%
$476.57
+12.5%
+28.8%$5.48B$21.98B11.6820,413Upcoming Earnings
KMX
CarMax
4.4602 of 5 stars
$43.65
+1.1%
$54.42
+24.7%
-37.8%$6.41B$26.35B12.8030,048Analyst Revision
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
4.348 of 5 stars
$168.49
+1.7%
$184.33
+9.4%
+12.8%$11.13B$30.46B11.7328,900Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.3013 of 5 stars
$71.99
+1.8%
$83.14
+15.5%
+41.5%$2.46B$14.22B16.0010,800Upcoming Earnings
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.9087 of 5 stars
$54.06
+9.3%
$52.03
-3.7%
+35.2%$3.24B$9.09B-8.4962,800Analyst Forecast
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.4769 of 5 stars
$16.86
+4.7%
$17.33
+2.8%
-33.1%$505.46M$1.20B-25.167,360News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
3.7326 of 5 stars
$25.83
+3.1%
$45.00
+74.2%
-32.0%$213.87M$1.39B16.662,300

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This page (NYSE:LAD) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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