Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) vs CarGurus, Inc. (CARG)

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. and CarGurus, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.2B against $2.8B — 1.2× the size. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.9× against 16.7×. CarGurus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.2% against 4.13%. CarGurus, Inc. has the higher net margin (18.2% vs 2.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (103.9% vs 6.66%). Across the 22 metrics below, CarGurus, Inc. leads on 13 and Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ABG CARG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 6.91 16.71 16.07
P/S 0.19 2.91 0.43
P/B 0.86 10.65 2.36
Price to free cash flow 6.75 9.67 10.48
EV/EBITDA 7.26 9.44 8.50
EV/Sales 0.38 2.79 0.89
Earnings yield 14.47% 5.98% 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 14.82% 10.34% 2.83%

Profitability

Metric ABG CARG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.11% 92.32% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.35% 24.43% 3.73%
Net margin 2.83% 18.19% 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% 30.11% 2.34%
Return on equity 13.23% 50.28% 10.04%
Return on assets 4.73% 27.46% 0.61%
Return on invested capital 6.66% 103.85% 6.85%

Growth

Metric ABG CARG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.13% 21.24% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% 675.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 10.46% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 14.99% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG CARG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.88 0.00 0.55
Current ratio 0.91 1.85 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 (0.66) 1.34

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ABG CARG Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.23b 2.76b 2.10b

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