AN Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Lithia Motors has a net margin of 2.82% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 2.27%. AutoNation's return on equity of 32.05% beat Lithia Motors's return on equity of 12.55%.

AutoNation has a consensus price target of $171.09, signalling upside risk potential of 16.13%. On the other hand Lithia Motors has an analysts' consensus of $397.40 which suggests that it could grow by 10.4%. Given that AutoNation has higher upside potential than Lithia Motors, analysts believe AutoNation is more attractive than Lithia Motors.

AutoNation has a beta of 1.240, which suggesting that the stock is 24.03% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Lithia Motors has a beta of 1.651, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 65.095%.

AutoNation has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Lithia Motors offers a yield of 0.58% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share. AutoNation pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Lithia Motors pays out 5.28% of its earnings as a dividend. Lithia Motors's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

AutoNation quarterly revenues are $6.6B, which are smaller than Lithia Motors quarterly revenues of $9.2B. AutoNation's net income of $185.8M is lower than Lithia Motors's net income of $209.1M. Notably, AutoNation's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Lithia Motors's PE ratio is 12.29x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for AutoNation is 0.27x versus 0.28x for Lithia Motors. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 2.82% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 2.98%. AutoNation's return on equity of 32.05% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 17.91%.

AutoNation has a consensus price target of $171.09, signalling upside risk potential of 16.13%. On the other hand Penske Automotive Group has an analysts' consensus of -- which suggests that it could grow by 10.46%. Given that AutoNation has higher upside potential than Penske Automotive Group, analysts believe AutoNation is more attractive than Penske Automotive Group.

AutoNation has a beta of 1.240, which suggesting that the stock is 24.03% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.178, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 17.766%.

AutoNation has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Penske Automotive Group offers a yield of 2.6% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.19 per share. AutoNation pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Penske Automotive Group pays out 17.96% of its earnings as a dividend. Penske Automotive Group's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

AutoNation quarterly revenues are $6.6B, which are smaller than Penske Automotive Group quarterly revenues of $7.6B. AutoNation's net income of $185.8M is lower than Penske Automotive Group's net income of $226.1M. Notably, AutoNation's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Penske Automotive Group's PE ratio is 12.06x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for AutoNation is 0.27x versus 0.35x for Penske Automotive Group. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 2.82% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 4.17%. AutoNation's return on equity of 32.05% beat Rush Enterprises's return on equity of 15.54%.

AutoNation has a consensus price target of $171.09, signalling upside risk potential of 16.13%. On the other hand Rush Enterprises has an analysts' consensus of $69.50 which suggests that it could grow by 27.58%. Given that Rush Enterprises has higher upside potential than AutoNation, analysts believe Rush Enterprises is more attractive than AutoNation.

AutoNation has a beta of 1.240, which suggesting that the stock is 24.03% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.001, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.052000000000008%.

AutoNation has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Rush Enterprises offers a yield of 1.29% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share. AutoNation pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Rush Enterprises pays out 14.58% of its earnings as a dividend. Rush Enterprises's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

AutoNation quarterly revenues are $6.6B, which are larger than Rush Enterprises quarterly revenues of $1.9B. AutoNation's net income of $185.8M is higher than Rush Enterprises's net income of $79.1M. Notably, AutoNation's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Rush Enterprises's PE ratio is 14.45x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for AutoNation is 0.27x versus 0.57x for Rush Enterprises. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sonic Automotive has a net margin of 2.82% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 2.13%. AutoNation's return on equity of 32.05% beat Sonic Automotive's return on equity of 21.25%.

AutoNation has a consensus price target of $171.09, signalling upside risk potential of 16.13%. On the other hand Sonic Automotive has an analysts' consensus of $61.43 which suggests that it could grow by 7.23%. Given that AutoNation has higher upside potential than Sonic Automotive, analysts believe AutoNation is more attractive than Sonic Automotive.

AutoNation has a beta of 1.240, which suggesting that the stock is 24.03% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sonic Automotive has a beta of 1.650, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 64.957%.

AutoNation has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Sonic Automotive offers a yield of 1.98% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share. AutoNation pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Sonic Automotive pays out 22.45% of its earnings as a dividend. Sonic Automotive's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

AutoNation quarterly revenues are $6.6B, which are larger than Sonic Automotive quarterly revenues of $3.5B. AutoNation's net income of $185.8M is higher than Sonic Automotive's net income of $74.2M. Notably, AutoNation's price-to-earnings ratio is 9.82x while Sonic Automotive's PE ratio is 11.21x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for AutoNation is 0.27x versus 0.16x for Sonic Automotive. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.