ABG vs MNRO vs LAD Stock Comparison

Asbury Automotive, Monro and Lithia Motors Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABG Asbury Automotive Group Inc
$193.48 +7.5% 1M -18.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.47B
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.59B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
MNRO Monro, Inc.
$14.30 +6.7% 1M -20.9% 1Y
Market cap
$429.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
7.83%
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
1 win
LAD Lithia Motors Inc
$288.81 -4.6% 1M -9.3% 1Y
Market cap
$6.27B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.21B
Div. yield
0.82%
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Asbury Automotive leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Asbury Automotive 4, Lithia Motors 3, Monro 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABGMNROLADLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.47B $429.28M $6.27B LAD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.6x — 8.0x ABG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.2x 119.2x 8.5x ABG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.3% — +1.6% LAD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 2.1% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 6.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 6.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 7.83% 0.82% MNRO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.0% -20.9% -9.3% LAD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.2%/yr -25.4%/yr -2.0%/yr ABG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.9% 62.4% 41.3% ABG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — — 43/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

ABGMNROLAD

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

AxisABGMNROLAD
Valuation 92 #9 of 104 – 54 #48 of 104
Growth 17 #82 of 98 – 29 #70 of 98
Profitability – – 38 #60 of 96
Financial Health – 35 #72 of 110 23 #85 of 110
Shareholder Returns – 96 #4 of 71 70 #22 of 71
Overall – – 43
  • ABG ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • MNRO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LAD ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodABGMNROLADSPY
1 month +7.5%+6.7%-4.6% +0.9%
3 months -22.0%+7.8%-32.4% +5.9%
6 months -3.9%-14.6%-0.8% +8.5%
Year to date -16.8%-28.6%-13.1% +13.3%
1 year -18.0%-20.9%-9.3% +12.4%
3 years +3.7%-45.0%+21.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +1.2%-18.1%+6.8% +23.5%
5 years -1.1%-76.8%-9.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year -0.2%-25.4%-2.0% +11.0%
10 years +279.4%-74.3%+238.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year +14.3%-12.7%+13.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureABGMNROLADSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.9%62.4%41.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.1%70.6%39.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.631.940.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.49-0.34-0.22 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.1%-82.5%-47.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.4%-39.9%-32.4% -0.9%
52-week high $256.03$23.81$427.48 $779.14
52-week low $161.79$11.27$243.00 $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.

MultipleABGMNROLAD
P/E now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 16.7x —median 16.7x 8.0xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.4x —median 0.4x 0.2xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.2x —median 9.2x 9.3xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 16.0x —median 16.0x -14.7xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.6x 0.7xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.47median 0.73 —median 0.73 -5.34median 0.73

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 monthsABGMNROLAD
Revenue $17.59B – $38.21B
Gross profit $3.00B – $5.79B
Operating income $746.30M – $1.55B
Net income – – $794.40M
Free cash flow – – -$426.70M
EPS (diluted) $25.55 – $35.84
Cash & equivalents $84.50M $14.63M $374.00M
Total debt – $387.59M $11.75B
Shares (diluted) 18.30M 31.40M 22.00M
Enterprise value $3.47B $391.47M $4.79B

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
MetricABGMNROLAD
P/E 7.6x – 8.0x
P/FCF 6.3x – -14.7x
P/Operating cash flow – – -77.2x
P/S 0.2x – 0.2x
P/B 0.9x 0.7x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 0.7x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA – – 9.3x
EV/EBIT – – 11.4x
EV/Revenue 0.2x – 0.5x
EV/FCF – – -41.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – – -217.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.47 – -5.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABGMNROLAD
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.3% – 1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – 8.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% – 0.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.1% – 3.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -23.4% – -7.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.0% – -3.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – – -11.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – -8.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -10.7% – 0.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -16.2% – -1.5%
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
MetricABGMNROLAD
Gross margin – – 15.1%
EBITDA margin – – 5.0%
Operating margin – – 4.0%
Pretax margin – – 2.8%
Net margin – – 2.1%
FCF margin – – -1.1%
Operating cash flow margin – – -0.2%
Return on equity – – 12.2%
Return on assets – – 3.0%
Return on invested capital – – 6.3%
Return on capital employed – – 8.5%
Asset turnover – – 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABGMNROLAD
Debt / assets – 6.2% 43.8%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 6.0x
Debt / FCF – – -27.5x
Liabilities / assets – 62.3% 75.3%
Equity / assets – 37.7% 24.7%
Interest coverage – – 7.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 0.5x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.1x 0.2x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – – 2.14

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABGMNROLAD
Dividend yield – 7.8% 0.8%
Net buyback yield – – 14.3%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 7.8% 15.1%
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.

ConsensusABGMNROLAD
Forward P/E 7.2xFY2026 119.2xFY2026 8.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $26.97FY2026 $0.12FY2026 $34.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -4.0%FY2026 -71.4%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +275.0% +15.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.40BFY2026 $1.18BFY2026 $37.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -8.9%FY2026 +1.9%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% -2.6% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABGMNROLAD
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 315 182 445
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% -7.2% +0.2%
Institutions buying 173 96 223
Institutions selling 106 65 160
Buyers to sellers 1.63 1.48 1.39

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.

ABGMNROLAD
ABG 1.00 0.32 0.70
MNRO 0.32 1.00 0.05
LAD 0.70 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABG, MNRO and LAD?

Lithia Motors (LAD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Asbury Automotive (ABG) $3.47B, Monro (MNRO) $429.28M, Lithia Motors (LAD) $6.27B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABG, MNRO and LAD?

Asbury Automotive (ABG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.6x, Lithia Motors (LAD) 8.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Asbury Automotive (ABG) is cheapest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.2x, Monro (MNRO) 119.2x, Lithia Motors (LAD) 8.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lithia Motors (LAD) returned the most: Asbury Automotive (ABG) -18.0%, Monro (MNRO) -20.9%, Lithia Motors (LAD) -9.3%. Over five years, Asbury Automotive (ABG) compounded fastest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) -0.2%/yr, Monro (MNRO) -25.4%/yr, Lithia Motors (LAD) -2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Monro (MNRO) has the highest dividend yield: Asbury Automotive (ABG) 0.00%, Monro (MNRO) 7.83%, Lithia Motors (LAD) 0.82%. Asbury Automotive (ABG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asbury Automotive (ABG) has been the steadiest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 36.9%, Monro (MNRO) 62.4%, Lithia Motors (LAD) 41.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.