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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

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

In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 1 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lithia Motors and 5 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Lithia Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Lithia Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lithia Motors
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.28$430.30M$27.389.05
Lithia Motors$36.24B0.21$802M$33.738.94

Asbury Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $249.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.45%. Lithia Motors has a consensus target price of $376.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.91%. Given Lithia Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lithia Motors is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Asbury Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Lithia Motors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

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
Asbury Automotive Group3.13% 15.41% 5.38%
Lithia Motors 2.39%13.21%3.81%

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

Summary

Lithia Motors beats Asbury Automotive Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LAD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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LAD vs. The Competition

MetricLithia MotorsRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.80B$4.42B$27.63B$22.02B
Dividend Yield0.72%1.55%172.51%3.59%
P/E Ratio8.9413.1419.6529.86
Price / Sales0.210.539.3466.00
Price / Cash6.6910.6662.9324.43
Price / Book1.191.655.154.64
Net Income$802M$375.51M$911.70M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.92%-3.26%-1.04%0.44%
1 Month Performance-12.64%-10.85%0.66%3.13%
1 Year Performance-1.60%6.60%15.32%15.30%

Lithia Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.9405 of 5 stars
$301.41
-0.9%
$376.50
+24.9%
-0.9%$7.80B$36.24B8.9430,000Analyst Downgrade
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.675 of 5 stars
$240.49
+0.6%
$249.00
+3.5%
+8.6%$4.73B$17.19B8.7815,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AN
AutoNation
2.9348 of 5 stars
$217.56
0.0%
$222.63
+2.3%
+31.3%$8.20B$26.77B13.6325,100Analyst Downgrade
BC
Brunswick
4.0844 of 5 stars
$64.04
+0.7%
$67.00
+4.6%
-20.9%$4.18B$5.24B103.2915,000Analyst Forecast
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.9972 of 5 stars
$436.70
+0.3%
$476.57
+9.1%
+18.1%$5.65B$19.93B12.0420,413Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KMX
CarMax
4.4009 of 5 stars
$45.25
+0.9%
$62.15
+37.4%
-38.5%$6.79B$26.35B13.2730,048Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
4.3953 of 5 stars
$172.49
+0.4%
$184.33
+6.9%
+8.7%$11.39B$30.46B12.0028,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.5344 of 5 stars
$75.61
+0.8%
$83.14
+10.0%
+29.2%$2.58B$14.22B16.8010,800Analyst Forecast
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.7001 of 5 stars
$62.98
+3.3%
$52.03
-17.4%
+35.1%$3.78B$9.09B-9.8962,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.1789 of 5 stars
$18.25
-2.3%
$17.33
-5.0%
-36.9%$547.14M$1.20B-27.247,360Analyst Forecast
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
3.4019 of 5 stars
$29.39
-2.9%
$45.00
+53.1%
-35.5%$243.35M$1.39B18.962,300Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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