RUSHA vs. GPI, ABG, SAH, KAR, CWH, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, and MSM
Should you be buying Rush Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rush Enterprises include Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), OPENLANE (KAR), Camping World (CWH), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM).
Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Group 1 Automotive's net margin of 3.23%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 22.45% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.
Group 1 Automotive received 128 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.
84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Group 1 Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Group 1 Automotive has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Enterprises. Group 1 Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Group 1 Automotive had 1 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Group 1 Automotive and 1 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Group 1 Automotive's score of 1.26 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rush Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $52.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.70%. Group 1 Automotive has a consensus target price of $330.83, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Group 1 Automotive.
Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Group 1 Automotive pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Rush Enterprises pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Group 1 Automotive pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Group 1 Automotive beats Rush Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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