Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) vs OPENLANE, Inc. (OPLN)

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. and OPENLANE, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. OPENLANE, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $3.2B — 1.3× the size. OPENLANE, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at 6.9×. OPENLANE, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against 4.13%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs −3.08%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.66% vs 7.90%). Across the 21 metrics below, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 13 and OPENLANE, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ABG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 6.91 n/m 16.07
P/S 0.19 1.92 0.43
P/B 0.86 2.54 2.36
Price to free cash flow 6.75 11.29 10.48
EV/EBITDA 7.26 9.68 8.50
EV/Sales 0.38 2.08 0.89
Earnings yield 14.47% (2.38%) 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 14.82% 8.86% 2.83%

Profitability

Metric ABG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.11% 45.85% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.35% 16.61% 3.73%
Net margin 2.83% (3.08%) 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% 17.05% 2.34%
Return on equity 13.23% (4.29%) 10.04%
Return on assets 4.73% (1.33%) 0.61%
Return on invested capital 6.66% 7.90% 6.85%

Growth

Metric ABG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.13% 11.77% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% (313.33%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 7.83% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.88 0.34 0.55
Current ratio 0.91 1.17 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 0.86 1.34

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ABG OPLN Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.23b 4.24b 2.10b

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