SAH vs. GPI, ABG, RUSHB, RUSHA, CNXN, CAKE, QRTEB, BKE, ODP, and IMKTA
Should you be buying Sonic Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonic Automotive include Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), PC Connection (CNXN), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Qurate Retail (QRTEB), Buckle (BKE), ODP (ODP), and Ingles Markets (IMKTA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) and Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.6% of Sonic Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Group 1 Automotive received 213 more outperform votes than Sonic Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 51.82% of users gave Sonic Automotive an outperform vote.
Group 1 Automotive has a net margin of 3.34% compared to Group 1 Automotive's net margin of 1.24%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 28.06% beat Sonic Automotive's return on equity.
Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Group 1 Automotive had 11 more articles in the media than Sonic Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Group 1 Automotive and 6 mentions for Sonic Automotive. Sonic Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of 0.11 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Group 1 Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sonic Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Group 1 Automotive pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sonic Automotive pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Group 1 Automotive has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Sonic Automotive has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Group 1 Automotive presently has a consensus price target of $331.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.65%. Sonic Automotive has a consensus price target of $53.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.98%. Given Sonic Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Sonic Automotive.
Group 1 Automotive has higher revenue and earnings than Sonic Automotive. Group 1 Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonic Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Sonic Automotive on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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