Casey's General Stores (CASY) Competitors

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Is AN or CASY more profitable?

AutoNation has a net margin of 3.41% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 3.23%. Casey's General Stores' return on equity of 42.44% beat AutoNation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AutoNation	3.41%	42.44%	8.06%
Casey's General Stores	3.23%	16.70%	7.71%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AN or CASY?

94.6% of AutoNation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of AutoNation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AN or CASY?

AutoNation has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. AutoNation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AutoNation	$26.95B	0.25	$1.02B	$21.09	8.07
Casey's General Stores	$15.09B	0.81	$446.69M	$12.58	26.37

Which has more risk and volatility, AN or CASY?

AutoNation has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AN or CASY?

Casey's General Stores received 249 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AutoNation	Outperform Votes 375 56.31%	Underperform Votes 291 43.69%
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 624 62.71%	Underperform Votes 371 37.29%

Do analysts prefer AN or CASY?

AutoNation currently has a consensus target price of $178.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.07%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $312.63, suggesting a potential downside of 5.77%. Given Casey's General Stores' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AutoNation is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AutoNation	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Casey's General Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the media favor AN or CASY?

In the previous week, AutoNation and AutoNation both had 6 articles in the media. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat AutoNation's score of 1.09 indicating that AutoNation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AutoNation	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casey's General Stores	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AutoNation beats Casey's General Stores on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.