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Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) vs AutoNation, Inc. (AN)

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. and AutoNation, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. AutoNation, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $3.1B — 1.7× the size. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.3× against 7.5×. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.13% against −0.06%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs 2.82%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.66% vs 9.19%). Across the 22 metrics below, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 17 and AutoNation, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 6.35 7.49 15.92
P/S 0.17 0.20 0.27
P/B 0.79 2.40 2.00
Price to free cash flow 6.20 447.76 10.69
EV/EBITDA 6.96 7.67 8.59
EV/Sales 0.36 0.44 0.68
Earnings yield 15.76% 13.35% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 16.13% 0.22% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.11% 17.83% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.35% 4.81% 3.73%
Net margin 2.83% 2.82% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% 0.04% 2.34%
Return on equity 13.23% 32.77% 10.04%
Return on assets 4.73% 5.33% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 6.66% 9.19% 6.85%

Growth

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.13% (0.06%) 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% 0.71% 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 6.27% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 11.21% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.88 3.00 0.55
Current ratio 0.91 0.78 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 3.70 1.34

Dividend

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.03%
Payout ratio — — 0.24

Size

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.05b 5.28b 2.14b

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