Auto & Truck Dealerships: Lithia Motors, Inc. owns the largest revenue base; Carvana Co. has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Auto & Truck Dealerships moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 13% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 0% on average over the last four reported quarters — close to flat.
TURNING · ahead 3w~Moving with the index8 of 18 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months1 is 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more
Auto & Truck Dealerships, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyMixedHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together8 of 18 stocks moving
Fresh2 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +5 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large3/40
Mid3/6+2
Small2/80
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 18 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Auto & Truck Dealerships outperforming S&P 500?
Auto & Truck Dealerships has underperformed S&P 500 by 5% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 6.1%. 11 of 17 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Sonic Automotive, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +32.4%.
+6.1%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
-5.0%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
11/17Stocks leading S&P 500
9/17Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Auto & Truck Dealerships has underperformed S&P 500 by 5% over 52 weeks and 6.1% over 13 weeks. 11 of 17 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 9 of 17 beat the sector itself. Lithia Motors, Inc. leads with revenue of $37,728 million, based on 16 of 17 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Auto & Truck Dealerships sector outperforming S&P 500?
Auto & Truck Dealerships has underperformed S&P 500 by 5% over 52 weeks and 6.1% over 13 weeks. 11 of 17 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 9 of 17 beat the sector itself.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company is largest by revenue?
Lithia Motors, Inc. leads with revenue of $37,728 million, based on 16 of 17 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company is growing fastest?
Carvana Co. has the fastest current revenue growth at 51.7%, across 16 of 17 comparable companies.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
OPENLANE, Inc. ranks first at 66.8/100 with 66% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company reports the most CAPEX?
CarMax, Inc. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $103 million, with 17 of 17 companies comparable.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company has the least gross debt?
CarGurus, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $188 million. CarMax, Inc. has the highest at $18,643 million.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.18, among 12 of 17 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Auto & Truck Dealerships comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
17
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$150.0B
Carvana Co.
Revenue growing
13/16
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
11/17
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
OPENLANE, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 66% evidence confidence.
Sonic Automotive, Inc. looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Sonic Automotive, Inc. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15.9/35Growth & earnings
Revenue 2.6% · PAT — · OPM change 0.1 pp
62% evidence
4.3/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 0.7% · debt/equity 11.72×
80% evidence
8.9/20Valuation
P/E 46.1× · PEG —
15% evidence
3.0/20Relative strength
RS sector -45.8% · RS bench -46.3% · 1Y -54.8%
70% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Lithia Motors, Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at $37,728 million. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is next at $32,067 million. Carvana Co. has the highest Revenue growth at 51.7%, so level and change sit with different companies. 16 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Lithia Motors, Inc. is the scale leader at $37,728 million, 17.7% ahead of Penske Automotive Group, Inc.. Carvana Co.'s growth is 51.7% from a $22,522 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderLithia Motors, Inc. · $37,728 million
Gap17.7% versus #2 · Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage16/17 companies · 320 observations
Investor read: Lithia Motors, Inc. is the scale benchmark; Carvana Co. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Lithia Motors, Inc.'s growth falls below Carvana Co.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD$37.7B
2Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG$32.1B
3AutoNation, Inc. AN$27.5B
4CarMax, Inc. KMX$26.3B
5Carvana Co. CVNA$22.5B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Carvana Co. CVNA52%
2ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA16%
3Valvoline Inc. VVV11%
4OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN10%
5Boyd Group Services Inc. BGSI9.8%
Revenue · company comparison
16/17 level · 16/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Valvoline Inc. has the highest OPM among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at 17.1%. CarGurus, Inc. is next at 16.5%. ACV Auctions Inc. has the highest Margin change at +3.4 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 17 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Valvoline Inc. leads opm at 17.1%; ACV Auctions Inc. leads margin change at +3.4 percentage points.
LeaderValvoline Inc. · 17.1%
Gap3.6% versus #2 · CarGurus, Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/17 companies · 320 observations
Investor read: Valvoline Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Valvoline Inc. VVV17%
2CarGurus, Inc. CARG17%
3OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN14%
4Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN14%
5Carvana Co. CVNA9.0%
Margin changefastest expanders
1ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA+3.4 pp
2OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN+2.8 pp
3Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN+1.7 pp
4RideNow Group, Inc. RDNW+1.3 pp
5Valvoline Inc. VVV+0.5 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
17/17 level · 17/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Carvana Co. has the highest Net profit among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at $1,927 million. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is next at $929 million. CarGurus, Inc. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Carvana Co. leads with $1,927 million of TTM profit, 107.4% above Penske Automotive Group, Inc.. CarGurus, Inc. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (387.2% uncapped) growth from a $190 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderCarvana Co. · $1,927 million
Gap107.4% versus #2 · Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
Persistence5/7 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/17 companies · 323 observations
Investor read: Carvana Co. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Carvana Co. CVNA$1.9B
2Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG$929M
3Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD$717M
4AutoNation, Inc. AN$678M
5Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG$548M
Profit growthfastest growers
1CarGurus, Inc. CARG100%
2Carvana Co. CVNA100%
3OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN48%
4Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG32%
5AutoNation, Inc. AN0.0%
Net profit · company comparison
17/17 level · 12/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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CarMax, Inc. has the highest CAPEX among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at $103 million. Lithia Motors, Inc. is next at $97 million. Valvoline Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 11.5%, so level and change sit with different companies. 17 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: CarMax, Inc. reports $103 million of CAPEX; Valvoline Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 11.5%. Coverage is only 17 of 17 companies and 323 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderCarMax, Inc. · $103 million
Gap6.2% versus #2 · Lithia Motors, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/17 companies · 323 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1CarMax, Inc. KMX$103M
2Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD$97M
3Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI$84M
4Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA$66M
5Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG$63M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Valvoline Inc. VVV12%
2Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN7.0%
3Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA3.9%
4Camping World Holdings, Inc. CWH2.7%
5OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN2.5%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
17/17 level · 17/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
CarGurus, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at $188 million. ACV Auctions Inc. is next at $200 million. ACV Auctions Inc. has the lowest Net debt at $141 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: ACV Auctions Inc. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $141 million net cash and gross debt of $200 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderCarGurus, Inc. · $188 million
Gap6% versus #2 · ACV Auctions Inc.
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/17 companies · 323 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1CarGurus, Inc. CARG$188M
2ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA$200M
3RideNow Group, Inc. RDNW$601M
4OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN$607M
5Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA$1.4B
Net debtlowest net debt
1ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA$-141M
2CarGurus, Inc. CARG$116M
3OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN$427M
4RideNow Group, Inc. RDNW$571M
5Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA$1.2B
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
17/17 level · 17/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Rush Enterprises, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at 12.8%. CarGurus, Inc. is next at 7.9%. OPENLANE, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +1.1 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 17 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Rush Enterprises, Inc. leads ROCE at 12.8%, 4.9 percentage points above CarGurus, Inc.. OPENLANE, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +1.1 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderRush Enterprises, Inc. · 12.8%
Gap62% versus #2 · CarGurus, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/17 companies · 322 observations
Investor read: Rush Enterprises, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA13%
2CarGurus, Inc. CARG7.9%
3Carvana Co. CVNA5.9%
4Sonic Automotive, Inc. SAH4.1%
5AutoNation, Inc. AN3.8%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1OPENLANE, Inc. OPLN+1.1 pp
2RideNow Group, Inc. RDNW+1.1 pp
3ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA+0.9 pp
4Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN+0.6 pp
5CarGurus, Inc. CARG+0.4 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
17/17 level · 17/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at 0.18×. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. is next at 0.2×. RideNow Group, Inc. has the lowest P/E at 5.62×, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.18×, 10% below Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.. Only 12 of 17 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderSonic Automotive, Inc. · 0.18×
Gap10% versus #2 · Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/17 companies · 28 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Sonic Automotive, Inc. SAH0.2
2Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG0.2
3Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI0.6
4CarMax, Inc. KMX0.6
5Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA0.7
P/Elowest P/E
1RideNow Group, Inc. RDNW5.6
2Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG6.9
3Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD8.8
4AutoNation, Inc. AN10.6
5Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG11.2
Valuation · company comparison
12/17 level · 16/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Rush Enterprises, Inc. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies compared here, at 9.86×. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. is next at 9.98×. Lithia Motors, Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 0.89×, so level and change sit with different companies. 16 of 17 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Rush Enterprises, Inc. leads ev/ebitda at 9.86×; Lithia Motors, Inc. leads p/bv at 0.89×.
LeaderRush Enterprises, Inc. · 9.86×
Gap1.2% versus #2 · Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage16/17 companies · 282 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA9.9
2Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG10.0
3AutoNation, Inc. AN10.1
4Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI11.0
5Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD11.0
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD0.9
2Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG0.9
3CarMax, Inc. KMX1.0
4Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI1.4
5ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA1.7
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
16/17 level · 16/17 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
RideNow Group, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Auto & Truck Dealerships at +211%. Sonic Automotive, Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +34.3%. 11 of 17 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Auto & Truck Dealerships comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 17 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 17 companies in the canonical Auto & Truck Dealerships membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Auto & Truck Dealerships comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 17 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company is the biggest?
Lithia Motors, Inc. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $37,728 million, ahead of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. at $32,067 million. That covers 16 of 17 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company is growing fastest?
Carvana Co. has the fastest revenue growth at 51.7% year on year, across 16 of 17 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company has the best profit margins?
Valvoline Inc. has the highest operating margin at 17.1%, from 17 of 17 comparable companies. ACV Auctions Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +3.4 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company makes the most profit?
Carvana Co. earns the most, at $1,927 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 17 of 17 comparable companies. CarGurus, Inc. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company earns the highest return on capital?
Rush Enterprises, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 12.8%, across 17 of 17 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Sonic Automotive, Inc. screens cheapest at 0.18×. Only 12 of 17 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company has the strongest balance sheet?
CarGurus, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $188 million, from 17 of 17 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company is investing most in new capacity?
CarMax, Inc. reports the largest capital spending at $103 million, across 17 of 17 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Auto & Truck Dealerships sector beating the market?
Auto & Truck Dealerships has underperformed S&P 500 by 5% over the last 52 weeks and 6.1% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 11 of 17 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships stock has the strongest price momentum?
Sonic Automotive, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Auto & Truck Dealerships company scores highest for research priority?
OPENLANE, Inc. scores 66.8 out of 100 with 66% evidence confidence, from 26.4 points on growth and earnings, 14.7 on capital efficiency, 9.3 on valuation and 16.4 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Auto & Truck Dealerships companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 17 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 5 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Auto & Truck Dealerships sector?
The 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies on this page carry $149,977 million of combined market value. Carvana Co. is the largest at $72,928 million, about 49% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Auto & Truck Dealerships sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 17 Auto & Truck Dealerships companies on this page is 21.8×, measured on the 16 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Auto & Truck Dealerships sector performing?
11 of the 17 covered Auto & Truck Dealerships companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 5% behind S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Auto & Truck Dealerships stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 17 listed Auto & Truck Dealerships companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.