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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 $3.7B against $2.0B — 1.9× the size. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.2× against 9.9×. Sonic Automotive, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.01% against −1.34%. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.66% vs 1.33%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.38% vs 10.1%). Across the 21 metrics below, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. leads on 14 and Sonic Automotive, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 8.21 9.87 15.49
P/S 0.21 0.13 0.24
P/B 0.92 1.86 1.45
Price to free cash flow 8.71 n/m 10.17
EV/EBITDA 7.72 6.21 8.57
EV/Sales 0.40 0.26 0.47
Earnings yield 12.19% 10.13% 2.96%
Free cash flow yield 11.49% (7.77%) 2.14%

Profitability

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.08% 15.70% 18.39%
Operating margin 4.24% 3.23% 3.69%
Net margin 2.66% 1.33% 1.20%
Free cash flow margin 2.42% (0.99%) 0.86%
Return on equity 11.82% 19.35% 11.73%
Return on assets 4.04% 3.29% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 6.38% 10.12% 6.38%

Growth

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.34%) 2.01% 0.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 16.88% (44.66%) (0.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.34% 9.18% 9.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.84 1.92 0.61
Current ratio 0.91 0.95 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 3.53 3.82 1.24

Dividend

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — 2.53% 1.02%
Payout ratio — 0.25 0.24

Size

Metric ABG SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 3.72b 1.99b 2.03b

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