ABG vs LAD vs XPEV Stock Comparison

Asbury Automotive, Lithia Motors and Xpeng Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABG Asbury Automotive Group Inc
$199.22 +14.7% 1M -16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.58B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.59B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
LAD Lithia Motors Inc
$297.18 +2.8% 1M -7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$6.45B
P/E
8.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.21B
Div. yield
0.80%
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
XPEV Xpeng Inc.
$9.19 -2.9% 1M -60.4% 1Y
Market cap
$8.78B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.77B
Div. yield
–
Auto Manufacturers Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Asbury Automotive leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Asbury Automotive 4, Xpeng 3, Lithia Motors 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABGLADXPEVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.58B $6.45B $8.78B XPEV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.8x 8.3x -19.3x ABG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.4x 8.7x — ABG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.3% +1.6% +28.9% XPEV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.1% -4.2% LAD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.3% -7.9% LAD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 6.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.80% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.1% -7.7% -60.4% LAD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.4%/yr -1.4%/yr -27.8%/yr ABG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.0% 41.4% 53.0% ABG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 43/100 50/100 XPEV

Percentile Scorecard

ABGLADXPEV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABGLADXPEV
Valuation 92 #9 of 104 55 #47 of 104 22 #39 of 50
Growth 16 #83 of 98 29 #70 of 98 98 #2 of 49
Profitability – 37 #62 of 97 38 #29 of 46
Financial Health – 21 #87 of 110 42 #30 of 51
Shareholder Returns – 73 #20 of 70 –
Overall – 43 50
  • ABG ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LAD ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • XPEV ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABGLADXPEVSPY
1 month +14.7%+2.8%-2.9% +0.7%
3 months -14.6%-26.6%-29.2% +3.7%
6 months -2.2%+2.4%-43.6% +7.1%
Year to date -14.3%-10.6%-54.7% +12.8%
1 year -16.1%-7.7%-60.4% +11.9%
3 years +7.1%+22.6%-38.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.3%+7.0%-14.9% +22.8%
5 years +1.8%-6.9%-80.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +0.4%-1.4%-27.8% +10.9%
10 years +290.6%+248.2%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.6%+13.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABGLADXPEVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.0%41.4%53.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.1%39.9%51.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.620.521.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.43-0.19-1.14 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.1%-47.1%-88.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.2%-30.5%-67.3% -1.2%
52-week high $256.03$427.48$28.07 $779.14
52-week low $161.79$243.00$9.07 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABGLADXPEV
P/E now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 17.0x 8.3xmedian 17.0x -19.3xmedian 21.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.8xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.2x 9.4xmedian 9.2x —median 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 15.6x -15.1xmedian 15.6x —median 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median -0.48median 0.77 -5.50median 0.77 -0.57median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABGLADXPEV
Revenue $17.59B $38.21B $10.77B
Gross profit $3.00B $5.79B $2.23B
Operating income $746.30M $1.55B -$549.59M
Net income – $794.40M -$320.39M
Free cash flow – -$426.70M –
R&D – – $1.59B
EPS (diluted) $25.55 $35.84 $-0.48
Cash & equivalents $84.50M $374.00M –
Total debt – $11.75B $9.66B
Shares (diluted) 18.30M 22.00M 951.99M
Enterprise value $3.58B $4.97B $8.78B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABGLADXPEV
P/E 7.8x 8.3x -19.3x
P/FCF 6.3x -15.1x –
P/Operating cash flow – -79.4x –
P/S 0.2x 0.2x 0.8x
P/B 0.9x 1.0x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.7x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA – 9.4x –
EV/EBIT – 11.5x -21.3x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.5x 1.1x
EV/FCF – -41.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow – -219.5x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.48 -5.50 -0.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABGLADXPEV
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.3% 1.6% 28.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 8.0% 52.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% 0.9% 69.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 3.8% 131.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -23.4% -7.2% 26.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.0% -3.5% 28.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – -11.9% 39.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -8.7% 37.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -10.7% 0.9% 24.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -16.2% -1.5% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -127.5% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 33.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -906.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABGLADXPEV
Gross margin – 15.1% 20.7%
EBITDA margin – 5.0% –
Operating margin – 4.0% -5.1%
Pretax margin – 2.8% -3.1%
Net margin – 2.1% -4.2%
FCF margin – -1.1% –
Operating cash flow margin – -0.2% –
Return on equity – 12.2% -7.9%
Return on assets – 3.0% -2.2%
Return on invested capital – 6.3% -7.9%
Return on capital employed – 8.5% -8.3%
Asset turnover – 1.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.1x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABGLADXPEV
Debt / assets – 43.8% 19.5%
Debt / equity – 1.8x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 6.0x –
Debt / FCF – -27.5x –
Liabilities / assets – 75.3% 73.4%
Equity / assets – 24.7% 26.6%
Interest coverage – 7.2x -8.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.0x –
Quick ratio – 0.2x –
Cash ratio – 0.0x –
Altman Z-score – 2.15 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABGLADXPEV
Dividend yield – 0.8% –
Net buyback yield – 13.9% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 14.7% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABGLADXPEV
Forward P/E 7.4xFY2026 8.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $26.97FY2026 $34.04FY2026 $-0.43FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -4.0%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +15.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.40BFY2026 $37.52BFY2026 $13.81BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -8.9%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026 +25.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +8.1% +14.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABGLADXPEV
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 13.4%
Institutions holding 315 445 223
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +0.2% +6.7%
Institutions buying 173 223 126
Institutions selling 106 160 57
Buyers to sellers 1.63 1.39 2.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABGLADXPEV
ABG 1.00 0.70 0.11
LAD 0.70 1.00 0.15
XPEV 0.11 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABG, LAD and XPEV?

Xpeng (XPEV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Asbury Automotive (ABG) $3.58B, Lithia Motors (LAD) $6.45B, Xpeng (XPEV) $8.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABG, LAD and XPEV?

Asbury Automotive (ABG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.8x, Lithia Motors (LAD) 8.3x, Xpeng (XPEV) -19.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Asbury Automotive (ABG) is cheapest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.4x, Lithia Motors (LAD) 8.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Xpeng (XPEV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Asbury Automotive (ABG) -1.3%, Lithia Motors (LAD) +1.6%, Xpeng (XPEV) +28.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lithia Motors (LAD) has the highest net margin (Lithia Motors (LAD) 2.1%, Xpeng (XPEV) -4.2%). On return on invested capital, Lithia Motors (LAD) leads (Lithia Motors (LAD) 6.3%, Xpeng (XPEV) -7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lithia Motors (LAD) returned the most: Asbury Automotive (ABG) -16.1%, Lithia Motors (LAD) -7.7%, Xpeng (XPEV) -60.4%. Over five years, Asbury Automotive (ABG) compounded fastest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) +0.4%/yr, Lithia Motors (LAD) -1.4%/yr, Xpeng (XPEV) -27.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Asbury Automotive (ABG) 0.00%, Lithia Motors (LAD) 0.80%. Asbury Automotive (ABG) and Xpeng (XPEV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asbury Automotive (ABG) has been the steadiest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 37.0%, Lithia Motors (LAD) 41.4%, Xpeng (XPEV) 53.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABG, LAD and XPEV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Asbury Automotive (ABG) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.