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Caseys General Stores vs Group 1 Automotive

CASY and GPI 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 CASY and GPI compare

Caseys General Stores is the larger company, worth 8.5 times as much as Group 1 Automotive ($26.3B against $3.1B).

On earnings, Group 1 Automotive is cheaper: it trades at 8.2× trailing earnings, against 34.3× for Caseys General Stores.

Caseys General Stores grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus −3.4% for Group 1 Automotive).

Caseys General Stores keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 4.1% compared with 1.7% at Group 1 Automotive.

Both pay dividends: Caseys General Stores yields 0.34% and Group 1 Automotive 0.83%.

Caseys General Stores scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 10 for Group 1 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.

MetricCASYGPI
Size and price
Market cap$26.3B$3.1B
Share price$712.08$260.21
Change, 1 year33.1%−33.6%
Change, 5 years267%36.3%
Beta (5Y)0.540.74
Employees20020K
StockData Score
Total score17 (better)10
Valuation score03 (better)
Growth score4 (better)1
Performance score5 (better)1
Health score4 (better)2
Dividend score4 (better)3
Valuation
P/E34.3×8.2× (better)
P/S1.4×0.1× (better)
P/B6.4×1.0× (better)
EV/EBITDA–7.8×
P/FCF40.6×13.7× (better)
PEG2.00–
FCF yield2.5%7.3% (better)
Fair value$361.57$298.22
Margin of safety−96.9%12.7% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)13.8% (better)−3.4%
Revenue growth, 5Y average15.1%16.3% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)32.9% (better)0.96%
EPS growth (TTM)33.2% (better)10.6%
EPS growth, 5Y average18.0% (better)10.2%
Profitability
Gross margin23.8% (better)15.9%
Operating margin–3.6%
Net margin4.1% (better)1.7%
FCF margin3.5% (better)1.0%
Return on equity20.0% (better)12.4%
Return on invested capital–9.5%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.59 (better)1.27
Net debt / EBITDA–3.82
Current ratio1.021.32 (better)
Altman Z-score5.82 (better)3.24
Piotroski F-score8 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield0.34%0.83% (better)
Payout ratio11.1%6.8%
Years of dividend growth–5
Dividend growth, 5Y average–27.2%
Buyback yield0.81%12.1% (better)
Shareholder yield1.2%13.0% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions89.4%100%
Held by insiders0.59%19.4%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$31.0M$211M (better)
Superinvestors holding–1
Short interest, % of float6.6%14.9%

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