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 $472.1M — 4.3× the size. Camping World has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sonic Automotive, Inc. trades at 10.0×. 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 (2.78% vs 2.48%). 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 9.95 15.92
P/S 0.05 0.13 0.27
P/B 0.72 1.96 2.00
Price to free cash flow 1.18 69.79 10.69
EV/EBITDA 6.57 6.27 8.59
EV/Sales 0.25 0.27 0.68
Earnings yield (34.44%) 10.05% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 84.74% 1.43% 2.80%

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% 1.18%
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% 0.75%
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% 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (78.75%) (44.66%) 2.35%
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 2.78% 2.48% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.25 0.24

Size

Metric CWH SAH Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 472.06m 2.01b 2.14b

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