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Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) vs Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH)

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. and Sonic Automotive, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $2.0B — 1.5× the size. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 6.3× against 10.0×. Sonic Automotive, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.25% against 4.13%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs 1.37%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.66% vs 10.2%). Across the 22 metrics below, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 15 and Sonic Automotive, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 6.35 9.95 15.92
P/S 0.17 0.13 0.27
P/B 0.79 1.96 2.00
Price to free cash flow 6.20 69.79 10.69
EV/EBITDA 6.96 6.27 8.59
EV/Sales 0.36 0.27 0.68
Earnings yield 15.76% 10.05% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 16.13% 1.43% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.11% 15.71% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.35% 3.30% 3.73%
Net margin 2.83% 1.37% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 2.79% 0.19% 2.34%
Return on equity 13.23% 20.62% 10.04%
Return on assets 4.73% 3.44% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 6.66% 10.20% 6.85%

Growth

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.13% 5.25% 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% (44.66%) 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 9.18% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.88 2.07 0.55
Current ratio 0.91 1.01 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 3.82 1.34

Dividend

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — 2.48% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.25 0.24

Size

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.05b 2.01b 2.14b

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