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$350.53 -6.07 (-1.70%)
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LAD vs. ABG, AN, BC, GPI, KMX, PAG, SAH, AAP, CRMT, and MNRO

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), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), and Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO).

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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Lithia Motors currently has a consensus price target of $385.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.83%. Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus price target of $263.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.28%. Given Lithia Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Asbury Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

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
Lithia Motors$36.24B0.25$802M$31.7311.05
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.30$430.30M$21.0112.51

Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.42% compared to Lithia Motors' net margin of 2.30%. 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 Motors2.30% 12.74% 3.63%
Asbury Automotive Group 2.42%15.41%5.19%

Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 2 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lithia Motors and 5 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Lithia Motors' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 1.58 indicating that Lithia Motors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lithia Motors
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Asbury Automotive Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

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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$9.12B$4.81B$26.43B$20.65B
Dividend Yield0.63%1.34%175.55%3.72%
P/E Ratio11.0514.8429.0427.82
Price / Sales0.250.528.3142.44
Price / Cash7.7113.4048.3322.32
Price / Book1.391.825.724.57
Net Income$802M$375.51M$869.96M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-0.67%0.21%0.70%0.20%
1 Month Performance6.63%9.88%5.91%3.95%
1 Year Performance31.31%18.44%21.04%10.27%

Lithia Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.7664 of 5 stars
$350.53
-1.7%
$385.00
+9.8%
+35.4%$9.12B$36.24B11.0530,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.0694 of 5 stars
$254.05
-1.8%
$263.50
+3.7%
+8.0%$4.99B$17.19B12.0915,000News Coverage
Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.6197 of 5 stars
$211.18
-0.6%
$205.75
-2.6%
+24.9%$7.96B$26.77B12.5025,100Analyst Forecast
BC
Brunswick
4.7094 of 5 stars
$58.21
-2.1%
$70.00
+20.3%
-20.3%$3.82B$5.24B48.1115,000News Coverage
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2974 of 5 stars
$461.24
-1.0%
$473.00
+2.5%
+62.5%$5.97B$19.93B12.9520,413News Coverage
KMX
CarMax
4.8772 of 5 stars
$68.75
-2.6%
$84.45
+22.8%
-19.2%$10.32B$26.35B18.9930,048Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5375 of 5 stars
$180.63
-1.1%
$172.00
-4.8%
+20.0%$11.95B$30.46B12.7228,900News Coverage
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.0054 of 5 stars
$87.15
-0.5%
$74.71
-14.3%
+60.1%$2.96B$14.22B12.4110,800
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.7408 of 5 stars
$54.24
+5.1%
$46.53
-14.2%
+1.5%$3.25B$9.09B-9.2462,800Options Volume
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.2387 of 5 stars
$60.77
-2.1%
$50.00
-17.7%
-8.9%$501.96M$1.39B29.082,280Analyst Upgrade
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.8914 of 5 stars
$15.78
-5.1%
$17.67
+12.0%
-29.2%$472.93M$1.20B-78.907,360Positive News
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This page (NYSE:LAD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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