Asbury Automotive vs Caseys General Stores
ABG and CASY side by side, both in retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ABG and CASY compare
Caseys General Stores is the larger company, worth 7.1 times as much as Asbury Automotive ($25.1B against $3.6B).
On earnings, Asbury Automotive is cheaper: it trades at 7.9× trailing earnings, against 32.8× for Caseys General Stores.
Caseys General Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus −1.3% for Asbury Automotive).
Caseys General Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 2.7% at Asbury Automotive.
Caseys General Stores pays a dividend yielding 0.44%; Asbury Automotive does not pay one.
Caseys General Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 9 for Asbury Automotive), 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 | ABG | CASY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.6B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $198.03 | $680.19 |
| Change, 1 year | −16.6% | 28.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 8.8% | 238% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.94 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 15K | 200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 7.9× (better) | 32.8× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 0.9× (better) | 6.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 38.7× |
| PEG | – | 1.91 |
| FCF yield | – | 2.6% |
| Fair value | $252.95 | $354.45 |
| Margin of safety | 21.7% (better) | −91.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.3% | 13.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 20.3% (better) | 15.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −16.6% | 32.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.3% | 33.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.8% | 18.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 23.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | – |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 4.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 3.5% |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | 20.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | 0.59 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.91 | – |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 1.02 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.49 | 5.68 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.44% |
| Payout ratio | – | 11.1% |
| Buyback yield | 6.8% (better) | 0.85% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.8% (better) | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 107% | 89.4% |
| Held by insiders | 18.2% | 0.58% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.7M (better) | −$28.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.2% | 4.6% |
Go deeper
- ABG stock overview
- ABG income statement
- ABG valuation and score
- CASY stock overview
- CASY income statement
- CASY valuation and score
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