AutoNation vs Caseys General Stores
AN 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 AN and CASY compare
Caseys General Stores is the larger company, worth 4.2 times as much as AutoNation ($25.1B against $5.9B).
On earnings, AutoNation is cheaper: it trades at 8.6× trailing earnings, against 32.8× for Caseys General Stores.
Caseys General Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus −1.8% for AutoNation).
Caseys General Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 2.6% at AutoNation.
Caseys General Stores pays a dividend yielding 0.44%; AutoNation does not pay one.
Caseys General Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 12 for AutoNation), 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 | AN | CASY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.9B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $179.64 | $680.19 |
| Change, 1 year | −8.6% | 28.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 45.3% | 238% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.81 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 25K | 200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.6× (better) | 32.8× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 1.3× |
| P/B | 2.6× (better) | 6.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 259× | 38.7× (better) |
| PEG | – | 1.91 |
| FCF yield | 0.39% | 2.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $231.08 | $354.45 |
| Margin of safety | 22.3% (better) | −91.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.8% | 13.8% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% | 15.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.9% | 32.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 22.6% | 33.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 31.7% (better) | 18.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 23.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | – |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 4.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.08% | 3.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 30.2% (better) | 20.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.24 (better) | 0.59 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.40 | – |
| Interest coverage | 6.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 1.02 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.77 | 5.68 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.44% |
| Payout ratio | – | 11.1% |
| Buyback yield | 16.7% (better) | 0.85% |
| Shareholder yield | 16.7% (better) | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.3% | 89.4% |
| Held by insiders | 28.1% | 0.58% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$710K (better) | −$28.7M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.4% | 4.6% |
Go deeper
- AN stock overview
- AN income statement
- AN valuation and score
- CASY stock overview
- CASY income statement
- CASY valuation and score
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