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AutoNation, Inc. (AN) vs Valvoline (VVV)

AutoNation, Inc. and Valvoline are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. AutoNation, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.3B against $4.0B — 1.3× the size. AutoNation, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.5× against 39.3×. Valvoline grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.1% against −0.06%. Valvoline has the higher net margin (5.17% vs 2.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.72% vs 9.19%). Across the 22 metrics below, AutoNation, Inc. leads on 11 and Valvoline on 11.

Valuation

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 7.49 39.33 15.92
P/S 0.20 2.05 0.27
P/B 2.40 9.65 2.00
Price to free cash flow 447.76 29.72 10.69
EV/EBITDA 7.67 12.50 8.59
EV/Sales 0.44 2.82 0.68
Earnings yield 13.35% 2.54% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 0.22% 3.37% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.83% 38.28% 19.56%
Operating margin 4.81% 15.33% 3.73%
Net margin 2.82% 5.17% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 0.04% 6.89% 2.34%
Return on equity 32.77% 27.80% 10.04%
Return on assets 5.33% 3.36% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 9.19% 9.72% 6.85%

Growth

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.06%) 16.08% 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 0.71% 1.86% 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.27% 18.66% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.21% (7.82%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 3.00 3.84 0.55
Current ratio 0.78 0.70 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 3.70 2.01 1.34

Dividend

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.03%
Payout ratio — — 0.24

Size

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 5.28b 4.03b 2.14b

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