Boyd Group Services Inc. (BGSI) vs Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH)

Boyd Group Services Inc. and Sonic Automotive, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Boyd Group Services Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.3B against $2.0B — 1.1× the size. Sonic Automotive, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.0× against 122×. Boyd Group Services Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.77% against 5.25%. Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.37% vs 0.39%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.2% vs 2.51%). Both pay a dividend; Sonic Automotive, Inc. yields more (2.48% vs 0.55%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sonic Automotive, Inc. leads on 13 and Boyd Group Services Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 121.64 9.95 15.92
P/S 0.67 0.13 0.27
P/B 1.31 1.96 2.00
Price to free cash flow 6.53 69.79 10.69
EV/EBITDA 8.62 6.27 8.59
EV/Sales 0.96 0.27 0.68
Earnings yield 0.82% 10.05% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 15.32% 1.43% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 46.50% 15.71% 19.56%
Operating margin 3.19% 3.30% 3.73%
Net margin 0.39% 1.37% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 10.34% 0.19% 2.34%
Return on equity 1.03% 20.62% 10.04%
Return on assets 0.39% 3.44% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 2.51% 10.20% 6.85%

Growth

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.77% 5.25% 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (28.07%) (44.66%) 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.02% 9.18% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (16.03%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.58 2.07 0.55
Current ratio 0.60 1.01 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA (0.84) 3.82 1.34

Dividend

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield 0.55% 2.48% 1.03%
Payout ratio 0.67 0.25 0.24

Size

Metric BGSI SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 2.27b 2.01b 2.14b

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