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

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

Sonic Automotive vs. Its Competitors

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

Asbury Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.42% compared to Sonic Automotive's net margin of 1.07%. Sonic Automotive's return on equity of 21.27% beat Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Asbury Automotive Group2.42% 15.41% 5.19%
Sonic Automotive 1.07%21.27%3.84%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Asbury Automotive Group$17.19B0.27$430.30M$21.0111.28
Sonic Automotive$14.70B0.18$216M$4.5017.53

In the previous week, Sonic Automotive had 10 more articles in the media than Asbury Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Sonic Automotive and 14 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group. Sonic Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Asbury Automotive Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Sonic Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Asbury Automotive Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sonic Automotive
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Asbury Automotive Group presently has a consensus price target of $259.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Sonic Automotive has a consensus price target of $77.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.33%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Sonic Automotive.

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
Sonic Automotive
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

46.9% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Asbury Automotive Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.7% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sonic Automotive beats Asbury Automotive Group on 10 of the 17 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 SAH 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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SAH vs. The Competition

MetricSonic AutomotiveRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.68B$4.53B$27.02B$21.20B
Dividend Yield1.86%1.42%177.02%3.59%
P/E Ratio17.5314.6030.7428.45
Price / Sales0.180.506.4973.38
Price / Cash8.1012.7853.6523.19
Price / Book2.531.735.694.68
Net Income$216M$375.51M$880.44M$995.03M
7 Day Performance2.64%2.08%2.32%1.65%
1 Month Performance-2.35%1.90%6.58%4.44%
1 Year Performance35.34%6.60%26.10%9.99%

Sonic Automotive Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.084 of 5 stars
$78.90
+4.6%
$77.86
-1.3%
+35.3%$2.68B$14.70B17.5310,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.8475 of 5 stars
$231.45
+0.6%
$259.33
+12.0%
-6.7%$4.52B$17.19B11.0215,000Upcoming Earnings
AN
AutoNation
3.3427 of 5 stars
$198.98
+1.1%
$209.88
+5.5%
+14.1%$7.42B$26.77B11.7725,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.935 of 5 stars
$412.91
+0.5%
$470.14
+13.9%
+31.2%$5.32B$19.93B11.5920,413Trending News
Earnings Report
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.6682 of 5 stars
$310.44
+0.9%
$382.50
+23.2%
+19.7%$8.01B$36.24B9.7630,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.7787 of 5 stars
$166.25
+0.7%
$175.00
+5.3%
+9.0%$10.92B$30.46B11.8728,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
KMX
CarMax
4.7702 of 5 stars
$61.51
-1.8%
$83.67
+36.0%
-26.9%$9.40B$26.35B17.0230,048News Coverage
Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.8756 of 5 stars
$62.82
+2.8%
$46.53
-25.9%
-3.4%$3.66B$9.09B-10.7062,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CRMT
America's Car-Mart
2.1429 of 5 stars
$54.12
-1.3%
$50.00
-7.6%
-24.1%$453.08M$1.39B25.892,280Positive News
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
2.5657 of 5 stars
$14.89
+3.0%
$17.67
+18.6%
-39.9%$433.39M$1.20B29.517,360Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.6217 of 5 stars
$94.15
+2.0%
$96.02
+2.0%
+31.9%$78.94B$16.71B33.5693,047Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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