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 $536.1M — 3.7× the size. Camping World has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sonic Automotive, Inc. trades at 10.2×. Sonic Automotive, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.25% against −0.80%. Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.37% vs −1.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.2% vs 5.25%). Both pay a dividend; Camping World yields more (2.24% vs 2.10%). Across the 21 metrics below, Sonic Automotive, Inc. leads on 12 and Camping World on 9.

Valuation

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E n/m 10.16 16.07
P/S 0.05 0.13 0.43
P/B 0.86 2.00 2.36
Price to free cash flow 1.41 71.26 10.48
EV/EBITDA 6.80 6.33 8.50
EV/Sales 0.26 0.27 0.89
Earnings yield (28.76%) 9.84% 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 70.75% 1.40% 2.83%

Profitability

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 28.67% 15.71% 19.56%
Operating margin 2.28% 3.30% 3.73%
Net margin (1.55%) 1.37% 1.07%
Free cash flow margin 3.87% 0.19% 2.34%
Return on equity (21.25%) 20.62% 10.04%
Return on assets (1.94%) 3.44% 0.61%
Return on invested capital 5.25% 10.20% 6.85%

Growth

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.80%) 5.25% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (78.75%) (44.66%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.18% 9.18% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 3.84 2.07 0.55
Current ratio 1.22 1.01 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 4.97 3.82 1.34

Dividend

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield 2.24% 2.10% 1.37%
Payout ratio 2.72 0.10 0.00

Size

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 536.10m 1.98b 2.10b

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