Advance Auto Parts vs CarParts.com
AAP and PRTS side by side, both in automotive dealers and gasoline service stations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AAP and PRTS compare
Advance Auto Parts is the larger company, worth 40 times as much as CarParts.com ($2.8B against $69.6M).
Advance Auto Parts grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.30% versus −7.7% for CarParts.com).
Advance Auto Parts keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.2% compared with −4.0% at CarParts.com.
Advance Auto Parts pays a dividend yielding 2.2%; CarParts.com does not pay one.
Advance Auto Parts scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 5 for CarParts.com), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AAP | PRTS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $69.6M |
| Share price | $45.69 | $8.60 |
| Change, 1 year | −3.9% | 36.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −80.1% | −93.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.92 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 28K | 741 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.9× | – |
| P/S | 0.3× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.2× (better) | 1.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.0× | – |
| P/FCF | 31.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 3.2% (better) | −9.8% |
| Fair value | $56.84 | $11.79 |
| Margin of safety | 19.6% | 27.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.30% (better) | −7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −3.2% | 4.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −36.6% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 45.0% (better) | 33.1% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% (better) | −4.1% |
| Net margin | 1.2% (better) | −4.0% |
| FCF margin | 1.0% (better) | −1.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% (better) | −35.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% (better) | −70.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.50 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.60 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −12.4× |
| Current ratio | 1.63 | 1.70 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.75 (better) | 0.97 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | – |
| Payout ratio | 60.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | −11.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% (better) | −11.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 125% | 10.5% |
| Held by insiders | 1.3% | 22.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $0 | $2.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 16.0% | 7.1% |
Go deeper
- AAP stock overview
- AAP income statement
- AAP valuation and score
- PRTS stock overview
- PRTS income statement
- PRTS valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.