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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 $6.0B against $4.6B — 1.3× the size. AutoNation, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.0× against 44.7×. Valvoline grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.1% against −1.77%. Valvoline has the higher net margin (5.17% vs 2.63%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.72% vs 8.69%). Across the 22 metrics below, AutoNation, Inc. leads on 11 and Valvoline on 11.

Valuation

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 9.00 44.66 15.49
P/S 0.23 2.33 0.24
P/B 2.73 10.96 1.45
Price to free cash flow 269.88 33.75 10.17
EV/EBITDA 8.52 13.73 8.57
EV/Sales 0.47 3.10 0.47
Earnings yield 11.11% 2.24% 2.96%
Free cash flow yield 0.37% 2.96% 2.14%

Profitability

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 17.74% 38.28% 18.39%
Operating margin 4.60% 15.33% 3.69%
Net margin 2.63% 5.17% 1.20%
Free cash flow margin 0.08% 6.89% 0.86%
Return on equity 30.22% 27.80% 11.73%
Return on assets 4.84% 3.36% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 8.69% 9.72% 6.38%

Growth

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.77%) 16.08% 0.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 0.71% 1.86% (0.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.27% 18.66% 9.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.21% (7.82%) 0.00%

Health

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 3.03 3.84 0.61
Current ratio 0.77 0.70 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 3.70 2.01 1.24

Dividend

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.24

Size

Metric AN VVV Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 6.02b 4.57b 2.03b

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