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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 $6.0B against $3.7B — 1.6× the size. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.2× against 9.0×. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.34% against −1.77%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.66% vs 2.63%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.38% vs 8.69%). 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 8.21 9.00 15.49
P/S 0.21 0.23 0.24
P/B 0.92 2.73 1.45
Price to free cash flow 8.71 269.88 10.17
EV/EBITDA 7.72 8.52 8.57
EV/Sales 0.40 0.47 0.47
Earnings yield 12.19% 11.11% 2.96%
Free cash flow yield 11.49% 0.37% 2.14%

Profitability

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.08% 17.74% 18.39%
Operating margin 4.24% 4.60% 3.69%
Net margin 2.66% 2.63% 1.20%
Free cash flow margin 2.42% 0.08% 0.86%
Return on equity 11.82% 30.22% 11.73%
Return on assets 4.04% 4.84% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 6.38% 8.69% 6.38%

Growth

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.34%) (1.77%) 0.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% 0.71% (0.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 6.27% 9.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 11.21% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.84 3.03 0.61
Current ratio 0.91 0.77 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 3.70 1.24

Dividend

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.24

Size

Metric ABG AN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.72b 6.02b 2.03b

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