Camping World (CWH) vs Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (GPI)

Camping World and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $536.1M — 5.5× the size. Camping World has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Group 1 Automotive, Inc. trades at 10.5×. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.81% against −0.80%. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.30% vs −1.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.04% vs 5.25%). Both pay a dividend; Camping World yields more (2.24% vs 0.57%). Across the 22 metrics below, Group 1 Automotive, Inc. leads on 12 and Camping World on 10.

Valuation

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E n/m 10.50 16.07
P/S 0.05 0.13 0.43
P/B 0.86 1.01 2.36
Price to free cash flow 1.41 4.91 10.48
EV/EBITDA 6.80 7.50 8.50
EV/Sales 0.26 0.28 0.89
Earnings yield (28.76%) 9.52% 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 70.75% 20.36% 2.83%

Profitability

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 28.67% 15.95% 19.56%
Operating margin 2.28% 3.13% 3.73%
Net margin (1.55%) 1.30% 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 3.87% 2.73% 2.34%
Return on equity (21.25%) 9.44% 10.04%
Return on assets (1.94%) 2.80% 0.61%
Return on invested capital 5.25% 7.04% 6.85%

Growth

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.80%) 0.81% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (78.75%) (31.43%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.18% 16.32% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 3.84 1.14 0.55
Current ratio 1.22 1.02 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 4.97 4.26 1.34

Dividend

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield 2.24% 0.57% 1.37%
Payout ratio 2.72 0.04 0.00

Size

Metric CWH GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 536.10m 2.95b 2.10b

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