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 $3.0B against $2.0B — 1.5× the size. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.5× against 11.8×. 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 11.84 10.50 16.07
P/S 1.05 0.13 0.43
P/B 2.43 1.01 2.36
Price to free cash flow 3.20 4.91 10.48
EV/EBITDA 8.11 7.50 8.50
EV/Sales 1.83 0.28 0.89
Earnings yield 8.45% 9.52% 2.72%
Free cash flow yield 31.24% 20.36% 2.83%

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% 1.07%
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% 0.61%
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% 1.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 146.70% (31.43%) —
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 — 0.57% 1.37%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.04 0.00

Size

Metric DRVN GPI Auto & Truck Dealerships median
Market cap 1.99b 2.95b 2.10b

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