CVNA vs GPI vs SAH Stock Comparison

Carvana, Group 1 Automotive and Sonic Automotive Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CVNA Carvana Co.
$57.79 -9.6% 1M -15.5% 1Y
Market cap
$40.61B
P/E
25.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.06B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
GPI Group 1 Automotive Inc
$244.90 -1.1% 1M -43.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.89B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.15B
Div. yield
0.01%
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
SAH Sonic Automotive Inc
$61.29 -1.8% 1M -6.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.93B
P/E
9.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.47B
Div. yield
-0.02%
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Carvana leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Carvana 5, Sonic Automotive 3, Group 1 Automotive 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCVNAGPISAHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $40.61B $2.89B $1.93B CVNA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.9x 10.0x 9.1x SAH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 36.8x 6.3x 8.8x GPI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +54.0% +0.8% +5.3% CVNA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.3% 1.3% 1.4% CVNA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 8.1% 18.6% SAH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 3.9x 2.6x CVNA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% -0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.5% -43.2% -6.4% SAH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.6%/yr +4.1%/yr +3.3%/yr GPI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.9% 43.2% 44.6% GPI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 46/100 48/100 CVNA

Percentile Scorecard

CVNAGPISAH

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

AxisCVNAGPISAH
Valuation 7 #97 of 104 81 #21 of 104 56 #46 of 104
Growth 100 #1 of 99 13 #86 of 99 68 #32 of 99
Profitability 64 #36 of 99 48 #52 of 99 56 #44 of 99
Financial Health 63 #43 of 113 22 #88 of 113 19 #92 of 113
Shareholder Returns 7 #68 of 73 65 #26 of 73 39 #45 of 73
Overall 48 46 48
  • CVNA ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • GPI ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • SAH ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCVNAGPISAHSPY
1 month -9.6%-1.1%-1.8% -1.0%
3 months -4.4%-26.1%-38.6% +2.9%
6 months -29.4%-28.3%-14.7% +6.4%
Year to date -31.5%-37.7%-0.9% +11.4%
1 year -15.5%-43.2%-6.4% +13.1%
3 years +811.5%+5.2%+39.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +109.0%+1.7%+11.7% +21.5%
5 years -2.9%+22.1%+17.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year -0.6%+4.1%+3.3% +10.9%
10 years —+310.5%+235.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+15.2%+12.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCVNAGPISAHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.9%43.2%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 68.3%48.0%49.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.310.310.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.25-1.00-0.14 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.8%-53.9%-47.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.6%-43.2%-45.8% -2.5%
52-week high $95.69$431.07$113.07 $779.14
52-week low $56.26$224.95$58.28 $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.

MultipleCVNAGPISAH
P/E now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 16.7x 10.0xmedian 16.7x 9.1xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 0.5x 0.1xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 26.2xmedian 9.1x 7.4xmedian 9.1x 10.0xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 68.4xmedian 16.6x 17.6xmedian 16.6x 20.7xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.7x 4.9xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.63median 0.73 -0.48median 0.73 0.08median 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 monthsCVNAGPISAH
Revenue $25.06B $22.15B $15.47B
Gross profit $4.85B $3.53B $2.43B
Operating income $2.24B $692.80M $510.20M
Net income $2.13B $290.10M $211.90M
Free cash flow $929.00M $166.30M $244.50M
EPS (diluted) $2.12 $24.50 $6.60
Cash & equivalents $2.63B $164.50M $19.20M
Total debt $5.24B $3.36B $1.76B
Shares (diluted) 739.96M 11.84M 32.10M
Enterprise value $31.10B $2.62B $1.81B

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
MetricCVNAGPISAH
P/E 26.5x 10.0x 9.1x
P/FCF 68.4x 17.6x 20.7x
P/Operating cash flow 56.7x 6.6x 29.7x
P/S 2.5x 0.1x 0.3x
P/B 12.4x 1.0x 4.9x
P/Tangible book 12.5x 1.5x 8.6x
EV/EBITDA 26.2x 7.4x 10.0x
EV/EBIT 29.6x 8.8x 13.3x
EV/Revenue 2.6x 0.3x 0.4x
EV/FCF 71.2x 36.8x 27.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 59.1x 13.9x 39.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.63 -0.48 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCVNAGPISAH
Revenue growth (1Y) 54.0% 0.8% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.5% 9.4% 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 36.2% -0.8% 6.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 51.6% 5.9% 2.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 48.9% -24.1% 38.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 67.6% -12.5% 39.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 115.8% -39.7% 34.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 42.8% -24.8% 104.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 169.5% -34.5% 42.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 42.0% -20.8% 110.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 54.7% -49.3% -66.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 69.2% -1.9% 28.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 51.1% -72.3% -65.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 52.7% -16.5% -9.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCVNAGPISAH
Gross margin 19.4% 15.9% 15.7%
EBITDA margin 10.1% 3.7% 4.4%
Operating margin 8.9% 3.1% 3.3%
Pretax margin -2.2% 1.8% 2.0%
Net margin 6.3% 1.3% 1.4%
FCF margin 3.7% 0.8% 1.6%
Operating cash flow margin 4.5% 2.0% 1.1%
Return on equity 43.6% 10.0% 31.9%
Return on assets 15.1% 2.9% 5.1%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 8.1% 18.6%
Return on capital employed 18.5% 10.5% 16.0%
Asset turnover 1.8x 2.2x 2.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.5x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.1% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCVNAGPISAH
Debt / assets 36.0% 32.7% 27.6%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.1x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 3.9x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 20.2x 7.2x
Liabilities / assets 64.7% 71.3% 83.9%
Equity / assets 35.3% 28.7% 16.1%
Interest coverage 5.3x – –
Current ratio 3.9x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.2x 0.1x
Cash ratio 1.3x 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 6.82 3.26 3.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCVNAGPISAH
Dividend yield – 0.9% 2.6%
Net buyback yield -0.9% 14.8% 0.3%
Shareholder yield -0.9% 15.7% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 8.8% 22.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 15.4% 19.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.0% -26.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% -17.3%

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.

ConsensusCVNAGPISAH
Forward P/E 36.8xFY2026 6.3xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.57FY2026 $38.88FY2026 $6.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.1%FY2026 -4.5%FY2026 +5.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +35.7% +7.9% +0.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.19BFY2026 $20.70BFY2026 $14.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +33.8%FY2026 -8.3%FY2026 -3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +25.3% +5.5% +5.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCVNAGPISAH
Held by institutions 67.3% 99.9% 17.6%
Institutions holding 819 385 235
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.7% +3.7% +1.7%
Institutions buying 480 202 122
Institutions selling 267 125 80
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.62 1.53

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.

CVNAGPISAH
CVNA 1.00 0.32 0.30
GPI 0.32 1.00 0.74
SAH 0.30 0.74 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CVNA, GPI and SAH?

Carvana (CVNA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Carvana (CVNA) $40.61B, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) $2.89B, Sonic Automotive (SAH) $1.93B.

Which stock is cheaper, CVNA, GPI and SAH?

Sonic Automotive (SAH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Carvana (CVNA) 25.9x, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 10.0x, Sonic Automotive (SAH) 9.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) is cheapest (Carvana (CVNA) 36.8x, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 6.3x, Sonic Automotive (SAH) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Carvana (CVNA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Carvana (CVNA) +54.0%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) +0.8%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Carvana (CVNA) has the highest net margin (Carvana (CVNA) 6.3%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 1.3%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) 1.4%). On return on invested capital, Sonic Automotive (SAH) leads (Carvana (CVNA) 0.0%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 8.1%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) 18.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sonic Automotive (SAH) returned the most: Carvana (CVNA) -15.5%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) -43.2%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) -6.4%. Over five years, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) compounded fastest (Carvana (CVNA) -0.6%/yr, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) +4.1%/yr, Sonic Automotive (SAH) +3.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Carvana (CVNA) 0.00%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 0.01%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) -0.02%. Carvana (CVNA) and Sonic Automotive (SAH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) has been the steadiest (Carvana (CVNA) 61.9%, Group 1 Automotive (GPI) 43.2%, Sonic Automotive (SAH) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CVNA, GPI and SAH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Carvana (CVNA) leads on 5. 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.