Asbury Automotive Group Inc

Consumer Discretionary
Retail-Auto Dealers and Gas Stations
www.asburyauto.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score

Market Cap $5.08B
PE 14
Debt $3.49B
Cash $60.30M
EV $8.51B
FCF $NaN

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$357.00M
EBIT	$720.50M
ROE	11%
ROA	7%
Equity	$3.36B
Growth Stability	93%
PE	14.24
PEG	0.43
PB	1.51
P/S	0.31
Price/Cash	0.01
Debt/Equity	1.04
Net Margins	2%
Gross Margins	17%
Op. Margins	4%
Earnings CAGR	24%
Sales Growth YoY	16%
Sales Growth QoQ	-0%
Sales CAGR	13%
FCF CAGR	2%
Equity CAGR	35%
Earnings Stability	0.71
Earnings Growth YoY	-25%

Earnings Growth QoQ	349%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	33%
Sales CAGR 5Y	25%
Equity CAGR 5Y	50%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	15%
Sales CAGR 3Y	15%
Equity CAGR 3Y	19%
Market Cap	$5.08B
Revenue	$16.50B
Assets	$10.17B
Total Debt	$3.49B
Cash	$60.30M
Shares Outstanding	19.7M
EV	8.51B
Earnings Score	92%
Moat Score	79%
Working Capital	510.3M
Current Ratio	1.2
Gross Profit	$2.87B
Shares Growth 3y	-3%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	4%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Asbury Automotive Group is a regional collection of automobile dealerships that went public in March 2002. The company operates 148 stores with associated parts and service departments and 35 collision centers. Over 80% of new-vehicle revenue is from luxury and import brands. Asbury also offers third-party financing and insurance products. Asbury operates in 15 states (mostly Texas, the West, and the Southeast) and entered Colorado in 2019. Asbury store brands include David McDavid and Park Place in Texas, Plaza in Missouri, Nalley and Crown in the Southeastern U.S., and the Larry H. Miller brand in the Western U.S. Asbury generated $9.8 billion of revenue in 2021 and is based in the Atlanta area. 2022 sales should reach at least $16 billion and the firm targets about $32 billion in 2025.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 24%

Stability 71%

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Asbury Automotive Group Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Net Margins	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	4%	2%
ROA	-	13%	13%	12%	12%	11%	10%	10%	16%	9%	7%
ROE	-	54%	60%	35%	36%	29%	28%	25%	34%	19%	11%

Bad Net Margins (2.38%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	11.69	15.59	4	-31.52	3.27	-	-	5.62	19.42	-
Debt over Equity	1.65	3.11	3.39	2.27	2.01	1.48	1.35	1.69	1.16	1.02	1.04
Growth Stability	-	-	-	93%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	93%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (-)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.04)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Good Graham’s Stability (93%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2014	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	12%	-1%	-1%	6%	5%	-1%	38%	57%	-4%	25%
Earnings YoY growth	-	52%	-1%	-17%	21%	10%	38%	109%	87%	-40%	33%
Equity YoY growth	-	-29%	-11%	41%	20%	37%	40%	134%	37%	12%	50%
FCF YoY growth	-	213%	-27%	268%	-113%	-1K%	-	-	-45%	-72%	-