Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
ABG Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.0 billion, up 4.71% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 19.4%, free cash flow fell 83.1% and total debt rose 13.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) Altman Z-score
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 2.56, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.56 | (0.26) |
| FY2024 | 2.83 | 0.22 |
| FY2023 | 2.60 | (0.90) |
| FY2022 | 3.50 | 1.22 |
| FY2021 | 2.28 | (1.17) |
| FY2020 | 3.45 | (0.63) |
| FY2019 | 4.08 | 0.20 |
| FY2018 | 3.88 | (0.24) |
| FY2017 | 4.12 | 0.02 |
| FY2016 | 4.10 | (0.18) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | (0.02) | — | −0.02 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.31 | — | 0.44 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.07 | — | 0.24 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.59 | — | 0.35 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.55 | — | 1.55 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.56 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 1.94 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
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|---|---|
| CARG CarGurus, Inc. compare | 11.6× |
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| GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare | 3.4× |
| SAH Sonic Automotive, Inc. compare | 3.4× |
| ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. | 2.6× |
| VVV Valvoline compare | 2.4× |
| BGSI Boyd Group Services Inc. compare | 2.3× |
| OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare | 1.4× |
| DRVN Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare | 0.7× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets