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Penske Automotive Group (PAG) Competitors

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$174.55 -0.55 (-0.31%)
Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PAG vs. ABG, AN, GPI, KMX, LAD, SAH, AAP, MNRO, CRMT, and ORLY

Should you be buying Penske Automotive Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Penske Automotive Group include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), CarMax (KMX), Lithia Motors (LAD), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.

Penske Automotive Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Asbury Automotive Group presently has a consensus target price of $253.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.03%. Penske Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $179.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.55%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Asbury Automotive Group
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Penske Automotive Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Asbury Automotive Group. Asbury Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Penske 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$17.19B0.25$430.30M$27.388.10
Penske Automotive Group$30.46B0.38$918.90M$14.3712.15

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 1 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 9 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Penske Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.88 indicating that Penske Automotive Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Asbury Automotive Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Penske Automotive Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 17.43% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Asbury Automotive Group3.13% 15.41% 5.38%
Penske Automotive Group 3.13%17.43%5.50%

Summary

Penske Automotive Group beats Asbury Automotive Group on 12 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 PAG 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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PAG vs. The Competition

MetricPenske Automotive GroupRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.56B$4.37B$26.79B$20.69B
Dividend Yield2.88%1.44%172.88%3.66%
P/E Ratio12.1513.4827.3528.44
Price / Sales0.380.4812.5856.02
Price / Cash10.8611.9557.5223.21
Price / Book2.051.605.464.33
Net Income$918.90M$375.51M$874.58M$996.14M
7 Day Performance3.74%3.41%1.43%1.98%
1 Month Performance-3.79%-10.25%-1.85%-0.84%
1 Year Performance7.87%4.51%20.72%14.36%

Penske Automotive Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
4.0138 of 5 stars
$174.55
-0.3%
$179.00
+2.5%
+7.7%$11.56B$30.46B12.1528,900Analyst Upgrade
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.6066 of 5 stars
$224.38
+0.6%
$254.43
+13.4%
-5.3%$4.38B$17.19B8.2015,000Analyst Forecast
AN
AutoNation
3.1953 of 5 stars
$189.48
-0.6%
$211.38
+11.6%
+15.2%$7.19B$26.77B11.8725,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
4.5891 of 5 stars
$408.03
-0.5%
$470.14
+15.2%
+21.3%$5.31B$19.93B11.2520,413Analyst Forecast
KMX
CarMax
4.869 of 5 stars
$54.71
-2.3%
$83.67
+52.9%
-27.5%$8.40B$26.35B15.1130,048Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.9393 of 5 stars
$284.50
-1.1%
$377.80
+32.8%
+3.2%$7.49B$36.24B8.4330,000Analyst Forecast
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.2185 of 5 stars
$70.33
-1.8%
$77.86
+10.7%
+24.4%$2.45B$14.22B15.6310,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.485 of 5 stars
$53.49
+1.5%
$48.53
-9.3%
-3.1%$3.16B$9.09B-9.1162,800Upcoming Earnings
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
2.4582 of 5 stars
$14.42
+2.3%
$17.33
+20.2%
-42.1%$422.40M$1.20B-21.527,360Positive News
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.6858 of 5 stars
$42.73
-0.1%
$50.00
+17.0%
-27.6%$353.52M$1.39B20.452,280
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.983 of 5 stars
$101.37
+2.3%
$102.22
+0.8%
+38.3%$84.73B$16.71B36.2493,047Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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