AutoNation vs Penske Automotive
AN and PAG 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 PAG compare
Penske Automotive is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as AutoNation ($13.9B against $5.9B).
On earnings, AutoNation is cheaper: it trades at 8.6× trailing earnings, against 15.5× for Penske Automotive.
Penske Automotive grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (1.4% versus −1.8% for AutoNation).
Penske Automotive keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.8% compared with 2.6% at AutoNation.
Penske Automotive pays a dividend yielding 2.7%; AutoNation does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AN | PAG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.9B | $13.9B |
| Share price | $179.64 | $212.12 |
| Change, 1 year | −8.6% | 31.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 45.3% | 89.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.81 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 25K | 28K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 12 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.6× (better) | 15.5× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 0.4× |
| P/B | 2.6× | 2.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.1× (better) | 13.5× |
| P/FCF | 259× | 28.0× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.39% | 3.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $231.08 | $142.78 |
| Margin of safety | 22.3% (better) | −48.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.8% | 1.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% | 9.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.9% (better) | −9.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 22.6% (better) | −8.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 31.7% (better) | 16.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.7% (better) | 16.0% |
| Operating margin | 4.6% (better) | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.08% | 1.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 30.2% (better) | 15.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% (better) | 11.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.24 (better) | 0.40 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.40 (better) | 1.91 |
| Interest coverage | 6.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 0.98 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.77 | 3.11 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 41.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 43.9% |
| Buyback yield | 16.7% (better) | 0.48% |
| Shareholder yield | 16.7% (better) | 3.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 73.3% | 28.2% |
| Held by insiders | 28.1% | 73.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$710K (better) | −$832K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.4% | 14.1% |
Go deeper
- AN stock overview
- AN income statement
- AN valuation and score
- PAG stock overview
- PAG income statement
- PAG valuation and score
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