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Operates a large network of new and used car dealerships across the US, selling and servicing multiple brands.
Operates a large network of new and used car dealerships across the US, selling and servicing multiple brands.
Revenue is dominated by vehicle sales, but most gross profit comes from higher-margin parts and service work and from arranging loans, warranties and insurance on each sale. Growth has come mainly by buying dealership groups, which brings new brands and regions.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Multi-brand dealership scale gives purchasing and service-fixed-cost advantages over single-store dealers.
Headquarters: Duluth, Georgia, US · Founded: 1995 · Employees: 15,000
Size Asbury Automotive (ABG) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $3.64B, the 1408th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $202.65 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.1%, against +4.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 1.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 4.9% (peer median 6.1%).
Valuation It trades at 7.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.9× (2nd cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +20%, so the hurdle is -23 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points above its cost of capital (6.8% WACC).
Credit Asbury Automotive has 3 bonds outstanding ($1.65B), rated BB by the agencies and trading like BBB- at a weighted spread of 108 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 7.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.6B | $18.0B | $17.2B | $14.8B | $15.4B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +16% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | $2.91B | $2.99B | $2.87B | $2.69B | $3.03B |
| EBITDA | $959M | $1.10B | $1.06B | $1.17B | $1.37B |
| Net income | $468M | $492M | $430M | $602M | $997M |
| Free cash flow | $466M | $577M | $196M | $26.6M | $574M |
| Capital expenditure | $349M | $205M | $320M | $142M | $108M |
| Total debt | $5.36B | $6.10B | $5.28B | $5.48B | $3.69B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury Automotive ABG | $3.64B | +1% | -1% | 5% | 7.6× | -2.4% |
| Group 1 Automotive GPI | $3.12B | -27% | -3% | 5% | 7.1× | -6.1% |
| Lithia Motors LAD | $6.68B | +5% | +1% | 4% | 8.0× | n/a |
| AutoNation AN | $5.88B | -11% | -2% | 5% | 8.3× | n/a |
| Sonic Automotive SAH | $1.95B | -24% | +2% | 3% | 9.3× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | ABG | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +19.9% | +12.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +1.1% | +4.4% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.7% | -17.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -1.4% | +3.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 6.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 7.6× | 15.9× | 2nd cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.4% | 5.9% | 3rd least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +20.3% | +6.4% | 2nd highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -22.7 pp | -2.4 pp | 2nd least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.6 pp | +0.2 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.3× | 11.2× | 10th cheapest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.5× | 2.8× | 3rd most indebted of 20 |
| Bond spread | 108 bp | 193 bp | 2nd tightest of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury Automotive ABG | United States | $3.64B | +1% | -1% | 5% | 7.6× | -2.4% | +20.3% |
| MINISO 9896.HK | Hong Kong | $3.34B | -25% | +31% | 13% | 9.9× | 1.5% | +18.5% |
| Academy Sports and Outdoors ASO | United States | $4.14B | +24% | +4% | 10% | 9.9× | -1.2% | +1.2% |
| Eagers Automotive APE.AX | Australia | $3.18B | -31% | +19% | 4% | 16.5× | 5.9% | +8.3% |
| Warby Parker WRBY | United States | $3.15B | -14% | +11% | 0% | 57.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Group 1 Automotive GPI | United States | $3.12B | -27% | -3% | 5% | 7.1× | -6.1% | +16.3% |
| TRIAL Holdings.Inc 141A.T | Japan | $3.12B | +2% | +69% | 2% | 43.1× | 11.0% | +53.9% |
| Bath & Body Works BBWI | United States | $4.31B | +8% | -2% | 15% | 8.3× | -8.8% | +2.5% |
| Signet Jewelers SIG | United States | $4.37B | +34% | +1% | 7% | 9.4× | -1.3% | +5.4% |
| Endeavour EDV.AX | Australia | $4.48B | +10% | +1% | 4% | 21.4× | 14.9% | +1.0% |
| Advance Auto Parts AAP | United States | $2.75B | -19% | -1% | 4% | 19.2× | 5.6% | -3.2% |
| Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart 600655.SS | China | $2.70B | -6% | -21% | -3% | 77.3× | 15.9% | -4.4% |
| PriceSmart PSMT | United States | $5.02B | +3% | +12% | 5% | 27.2× | 10.5% | +10.2% |
| Bob's Discount Furniture BOBS | United States | $2.54B | +42% | +17% | 9% | 20.2× | 13.4% | +4.0% |
| RH RH | United States | $2.48B | -2% | +3% | 10% | 20.2× | 11.4% | +3.8% |
| Dunelm DNLM.L | United Kingdom | $2.44B | +24% | +3% | 12% | 11.7× | 2.4% | +6.4% |
| Rush Enterprises RUSHA | United States | $5.54B | +6% | -3% | 5% | 15.4× | 7.9% | +9.4% |
| POYA International 5904.TWO | Taiwan | $2.38B | +65% | +13% | 17% | 18.7× | 0.7% | +7.6% |
| Frasers FRAS.L | United Kingdom | $5.64B | +44% | +8% | 7% | 9.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Watches of Switzerland WOSG.L | United Kingdom | $2.34B | +43% | +11% | 10% | 14.1× | 14.5% | +15.1% |
| AutoNation AN | United States | $5.88B | -11% | -2% | 5% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
Asbury Automotive has 3 bonds outstanding with $1.65B face value. The agencies rate it BB; its bonds trade like BBB-. Weighted yield 5.66%, a spread of 108 bp over government bonds.