CWH vs ABG vs KMX Stock Comparison

Camping World Holdings, Asbury Automotive and Carmax Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ABG Asbury Automotive Group Inc
$207.56 +22.2% 1M -11.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.75B
P/E
8.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.59B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
7 wins
KMX Carmax Inc
$52.58 -5.0% 1M +28.8% 1Y
Market cap
$7.32B
P/E
25.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.63B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Asbury Automotive leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Asbury Automotive 7, Carmax 3, Camping World Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCWHABGKMXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $295.35M $3.75B $7.32B KMX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.2x 8.0x 25.0x ABG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 46.3x 7.9x 17.0x ABG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.5% -1.3% +4.8% KMX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.2% 2.7% 1.1% ABG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -7.1% 7.6% 1.1% ABG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -21.6x 3.9x 20.4x CWH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -59.3% -11.2% +28.8% KMX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.1%/yr +2.7%/yr -19.4%/yr ABG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.3% 37.9% 55.2% ABG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 27/100 59/100 50/100 ABG

Percentile Scorecard

CWHABGKMX

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

AxisCWHABGKMX
Valuation 51 #54 of 108 88 #14 of 108 69 #34 of 108
Growth 13 #91 of 104 29 #74 of 104 43 #60 of 104
Profitability 19 #84 of 103 60 #42 of 103 35 #67 of 103
Financial Health 9 #104 of 114 24 #87 of 114 22 #89 of 114
Shareholder Returns 42 #45 of 77 95 #5 of 77 79 #17 of 77
Overall 27 59 50
  • CWH ranked among 116 companies in Retail
  • ABG ranked among 116 companies in Retail
  • KMX ranked among 116 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCWHABGKMXSPY
1 month +12.4%+22.2%-5.0% -5.9%
3 months -18.4%-4.0%-9.5% -4.6%
6 months -32.9%+3.5%+31.7% +0.2%
Year to date -47.7%-10.7%+36.1% +7.5%
1 year -59.3%-11.2%+28.8% +8.2%
3 years -73.2%+1.6%-20.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year -35.5%+0.5%-7.3% +19.0%
5 years -87.6%+14.0%-66.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year -34.1%+2.7%-19.4% +9.4%
10 years -76.9%+321.0%+4.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year -13.6%+15.5%+0.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCWHABGKMXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.3%37.9%55.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 67.3%37.4%66.0% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.040.581.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.83-0.300.52 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.8%-47.1%-80.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -65.4%-18.9%-18.1% -5.9%
52-week high $14.71$256.03$64.22 $779.14
52-week low $4.20$161.79$30.88 $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.

MultipleCWHABGKMX
P/E now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 18.8x 8.1xmedian 18.8x 25.5xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -26.3xmedian 9.0x 8.4xmedian 9.0x 30.1xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 15.3x 8.9xmedian 15.3x 6.5xmedian 15.3x
P/B now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 1.8x 0.9xmedian 1.8x 1.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.87 -0.50median 0.87 -2.47median 0.87

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 monthsCWHABGKMX
Revenue $6.05B $17.59B $27.63B
Gross profit $1.71B $3.00B $2.85B
Operating income -$209.86M $746.30M $392.76M
Net income -$412.16M $467.50M $292.45M
Free cash flow $123.37M $420.70M $1.15B
EPS (diluted) $-3.98 $25.55 $2.05
Cash & equivalents $263.76M $84.50M $170.53M
Total debt $2.68B $3.37B $15.71B
Shares (diluted) 63.86M 18.30M 142.45M
Enterprise value -$607.34M $3.56B $6.69B

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
MetricCWHABGKMX
P/E -1.3x 8.1x 25.5x
P/FCF 4.3x 8.9x 6.5x
P/Operating cash flow 2.0x 4.8x 4.7x
P/S 0.1x 0.2x 0.3x
P/B 6.4x 0.9x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 7.6x 1.9x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA -26.3x 8.4x 30.1x
EV/EBIT -14.0x 9.4x 58.6x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.4x 0.8x
EV/FCF 23.8x 16.7x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.3x 9.1x 14.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 -0.50 -2.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCWHABGKMX
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.5% -1.3% 4.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.9% 6.2% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.5% -0.8% -3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.8% 2.1% 1.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -197.7% -23.4% -23.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -39.7% -13.0% 0.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -635.3% -16.6% -43.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -150.3% -19.6% -13.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -360.9% -10.7% -41.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -522.7% -16.2% -10.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 482.7% -11.3% 32.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 41.5% 29.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 140.3% -33.1% 67.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 364.4% 38.1% 53.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCWHABGKMX
Gross margin 28.4% 17.1% 10.3%
EBITDA margin -1.8% 4.8% 2.8%
Operating margin -3.5% 4.2% 1.4%
Pretax margin -6.7% 3.5% 1.6%
Net margin -4.2% 2.7% 1.1%
FCF margin 2.0% 2.4% 4.1%
Operating cash flow margin 4.3% 4.4% 5.8%
Return on equity -171.4% 11.8% 4.7%
Return on assets -8.9% 4.1% 1.1%
Return on invested capital -7.1% 7.6% 1.1%
Return on capital employed -7.6% 9.2% 1.6%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.6x 1.6x 5.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.1% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCWHABGKMX
Debt / assets 60.5% 29.7% 60.3%
Debt / equity 32.6x 0.8x 2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -21.6x 3.9x 20.4x
Debt / FCF 21.7x 8.0x 13.7x
Liabilities / assets 98.1% 64.5% 75.8%
Equity / assets 1.9% 35.5% 24.2%
Interest coverage – – 3.3x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.9x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.35 2.50 1.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCWHABGKMX
Dividend yield 2.5% – –
Net buyback yield – 9.1% 3.5%
Shareholder yield 2.5% 9.1% 3.5%
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.

ConsensusCWHABGKMX
Forward P/E 46.3xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 17.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.11FY2026 $26.14FY2026 $3.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -42.1%FY2026 -7.0%FY2026 +6.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +281.8% +12.7% +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.30BFY2026 $16.31BFY2026 $30.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.1%FY2026 -9.4%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.4% +6.7% +0.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCWHABGKMX
Held by institutions 96.7% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 210 315 559
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.1% -2.4% -2.9%
Institutions buying 118 173 233
Institutions selling 57 106 251
Buyers to sellers 2.07 1.63 0.93

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.

CWHABGKMX
CWH 1.00 0.47 0.44
ABG 0.47 1.00 0.45
KMX 0.44 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CWH, ABG and KMX?

Carmax (KMX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Camping World Holdings (CWH) $295.35M, Asbury Automotive (ABG) $3.75B, Carmax (KMX) $7.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, CWH, ABG and KMX?

Asbury Automotive (ABG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Camping World Holdings (CWH) -1.2x, Asbury Automotive (ABG) 8.0x, Carmax (KMX) 25.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Asbury Automotive (ABG) is cheapest (Camping World Holdings (CWH) 46.3x, Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.9x, Carmax (KMX) 17.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Carmax (KMX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Camping World Holdings (CWH) -5.5%, Asbury Automotive (ABG) -1.3%, Carmax (KMX) +4.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Asbury Automotive (ABG) has the highest net margin (Camping World Holdings (CWH) -4.2%, Asbury Automotive (ABG) 2.7%, Carmax (KMX) 1.1%). On return on invested capital, Asbury Automotive (ABG) leads (Camping World Holdings (CWH) -7.1%, Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.6%, Carmax (KMX) 1.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Carmax (KMX) returned the most: Camping World Holdings (CWH) -59.3%, Asbury Automotive (ABG) -11.2%, Carmax (KMX) +28.8%. Over five years, Asbury Automotive (ABG) compounded fastest (Camping World Holdings (CWH) -34.1%/yr, Asbury Automotive (ABG) +2.7%/yr, Carmax (KMX) -19.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asbury Automotive (ABG) has been the steadiest (Camping World Holdings (CWH) 71.3%, Asbury Automotive (ABG) 37.9%, Carmax (KMX) 55.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CWH, ABG and KMX?

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 7. 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.