Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (DRVN) vs Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (GPI)

Driven Brands Holdings Inc. and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. are both Auto & Truck Dealerships companies. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.9B against $2.0B — 1.5× the size. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.1× against 11.5×. Driven Brands Holdings Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against 0.81%. Driven Brands Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (8.56% vs 1.30%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.22% vs 7.04%). Across the 22 metrics below, Driven Brands Holdings Inc. leads on 12 and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
P/E 11.46 10.09 15.92
P/S 1.02 0.13 0.27
P/B 2.35 0.97 2.00
Price to free cash flow 3.10 4.72 10.69
EV/EBITDA 7.96 7.35 8.59
EV/Sales 1.79 0.27 0.68
Earnings yield 8.72% 9.91% 3.16%
Free cash flow yield 32.26% 21.20% 2.80%

Profitability

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Gross margin 44.86% 15.95% 19.56%
Operating margin 13.97% 3.13% 3.73%
Net margin 8.56% 1.30% 1.18%
Free cash flow margin 32.75% 2.73% 2.34%
Return on equity 20.96% 9.44% 10.04%
Return on assets 4.23% 2.80% 0.75%
Return on invested capital 7.22% 7.04% 6.85%

Growth

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.35% 0.81% 3.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 146.70% (31.43%) 2.35%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.55% 16.32% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Debt to equity 2.02 1.14 0.55
Current ratio 1.47 1.02 1.15
Net debt to EBITDA 4.88 4.26 1.34

Dividend

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Dividend yield — 0.89% 1.03%
Payout ratio — 0.09 0.24

Size

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 1.97b 2.86b 2.14b

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