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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

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

In the previous week, Lithia Motors had 5 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lithia Motors and 1 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Lithia Motors' score of 1.35 indicating that Asbury Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Asbury Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Lithia Motors has a consensus target price of $385.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. Given Lithia Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Lithia Motors
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

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

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
Asbury Automotive Group2.42% 15.41% 5.19%
Lithia Motors 2.30%12.74%3.63%

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$17.19B0.30$430.30M$21.0112.42
Lithia Motors$36.24B0.25$802M$31.7311.03

Summary

Lithia Motors beats Asbury Automotive Group on 8 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$9.00B$4.72B$26.59B$20.51B
Dividend Yield0.64%1.37%175.56%3.73%
P/E Ratio11.0314.8229.2127.90
Price / Sales0.250.535.3340.84
Price / Cash7.6013.5947.3222.25
Price / Book1.381.825.764.59
Net Income$802M$375.51M$869.96M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.57%2.07%0.99%0.74%
1 Month Performance8.24%9.76%2.99%3.94%
1 Year Performance43.98%29.35%29.84%14.82%

Lithia Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.5423 of 5 stars
$350.09
+1.3%
$385.00
+10.0%
+38.9%$9.00B$36.24B11.0330,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.051 of 5 stars
$238.17
-2.4%
$263.50
+10.6%
+12.3%$4.68B$17.19B11.3415,000
AN
AutoNation
3.1132 of 5 stars
$198.53
-0.2%
$205.75
+3.6%
+32.3%$7.48B$26.97B11.7525,100Analyst Forecast
BC
Brunswick
4.4085 of 5 stars
$55.29
-0.5%
$70.00
+26.6%
-16.5%$3.63B$5.24B45.6915,000News Coverage
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.4988 of 5 stars
$436.60
-0.5%
$473.00
+8.3%
+57.7%$5.65B$20.97B12.2620,413
KMX
CarMax
4.669 of 5 stars
$67.26
+1.0%
$85.10
+26.5%
-6.3%$10.09B$26.35B18.5830,048
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.5416 of 5 stars
$171.99
-0.8%
$172.00
+0.0%
+23.2%$11.38B$30.46B12.1128,900
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.3942 of 5 stars
$79.95
-0.8%
$74.71
-6.5%
+63.4%$2.72B$14.22B11.3910,800
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.4567 of 5 stars
$46.47
-0.1%
$46.25
-0.5%
-6.0%$2.78B$9.09B-7.9262,800
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.3436 of 5 stars
$56.04
+0.6%
$50.00
-10.8%
-1.3%$462.89M$1.39B26.812,280Positive News
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
2.3584 of 5 stars
$14.91
+1.6%
$17.67
+18.5%
-29.2%$446.85M$1.20B-74.557,360Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LAD) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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