Camping World (CWH) vs Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH)

Camping World and Sonic Automotive, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Sonic Automotive, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.0B against $527.1M — 3.8× the size. Camping World has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sonic Automotive, Inc. trades at 9.9×. Sonic Automotive, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.01% against −5.55%. Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.33% vs −4.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.1% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Sonic Automotive, Inc. yields more (2.53% vs 2.48%). Across the 19 metrics below, Sonic Automotive, Inc. leads on 13 and Camping World on 6.

Valuation

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E n/m 9.87 15.49
P/S 0.05 0.13 0.24
P/B 3.92 1.86 1.45
Price to free cash flow 1.25 n/m 10.17
EV/EBITDA n/m 6.21 8.57
EV/Sales 0.26 0.26 0.47
Earnings yield (30.69%) 10.13% 2.96%
Free cash flow yield 80.17% (7.77%) 2.14%

Profitability

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 28.36% 15.70% 18.39%
Operating margin (3.47%) 3.23% 3.69%
Net margin (4.20%) 1.33% 1.20%
Free cash flow margin 4.31% (0.99%) 0.86%
Return on equity (89.86%) 19.35% 11.73%
Return on assets (5.39%) 3.29% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 10.12% 6.38%

Growth

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.55%) 2.01% 0.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (78.75%) (44.66%) (0.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.18% 9.18% 9.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 0.29 1.92 0.61
Current ratio 1.24 0.95 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 4.97 3.82 1.24

Dividend

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield 2.48% 2.53% 1.02%
Payout ratio — 0.25 0.24

Size

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 527.12m 1.99b 2.03b

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