Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) vs ACV Auctions Inc. (ACVA)

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. and ACV Auctions Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.2B against $1.8B — 1.8× the size. ACV Auctions Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at 6.9×. ACV Auctions Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.3% against 4.13%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs −7.88%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.66% vs −10.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 13 and ACV Auctions Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 6.91 n/m 16.07
P/S 0.19 2.23 0.43
P/B 0.86 4.59 2.36
Price to free cash flow 6.75 n/m 10.48
EV/EBITDA 7.26 n/m 8.50
EV/Sales 0.38 2.19 0.89
Earnings yield 14.47% (3.44%) 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 14.82% (0.39%) 2.83%

Profitability

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.11% 50.98% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.35% (7.09%) 3.73%
Net margin 2.83% (7.88%) 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% (0.87%) 2.34%
Return on equity 13.23% (15.06%) 10.04%
Return on assets 4.73% (5.69%) 0.61%
Return on invested capital 6.66% (10.08%) 6.85%

Growth

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.13% 13.30% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% 18.75% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 29.53% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.88 0.53 0.55
Current ratio 0.91 1.52 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 4.19 1.34

Dividend

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.37%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ABG ACVA Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.23b 1.78b 2.10b

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