Auto & truck dealerships
12 companies · $234B combined revenue · $10.6B operating profit
The typical US-listed auto & truck dealerships company grew revenue 3.6% and earnings -3.9% in its latest year, at a 4.6% operating margin, and 3 of 10 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 11% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more25%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue10%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more10%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash18%
Combined revenue · 12 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 12 companies
| Median | – | 3.6% | -3.9% | 4.6% | 12.4% | 1.23x |
| CVNACarvana | $20.3B | 48.6%▲ | 570%▲ | 9.3%▲ | 16.1%▲ | 1.46x▼ |
| CPRTCopart | $4.7B | 0.4%▼ | -4.4%▼ | 35.4%▲ | 17.7%▲ | – |
| CASYCaseys General Stores | $17.6B | 10.2%▲ | 30.7%▲ | – | – | 0.62x▲ |
| PAGPenske Automotive | $31.8B | -0.2%▼ | -3.5%▲ | 4%▼ | 11.3%▼ | 0.39x▲ |
| MUSAMurphy USA | $19.4B | -4.2%▼ | -6.3%▼ | 3.7%▼ | 18.9%▲ | 3.47x▼ |
| KMXCarmax | $25.9B | -1.8%▼ | -50.6%▼ | – | – | 2.97x▼ |
| LADLithia Motors | $37.6B | 4%▲ | 2.9%▲ | 4.2%▼ | 8.7%▼ | 1.47x▼ |
| ANAutonation | $27.6B | 3.2%▼ | -6.2%▼ | 4.5%▼ | 14%▲ | 1.67x▼ |
| RUSHARush Enterprises | $7.1B | -5.2%▼ | -13.3%▼ | 5.6%▲ | 13.4%▲ | 0.12x▲ |
| OPLNOpenlane | $1.9B | 8.2%▲ | 61.7%▲ | 10.2%▲ | 9.3%▼ | 0.43x▲ |
| ABGAsbury Automotive | $18.0B | 4.7%▲ | 14.3%▲ | 4.8%▲ | 10.7%▼ | 0.79x▲ |
| GPIGroup 1 Automotive | $22.6B | 13.2%▲ | -34.7%▼ | 3.3%▼ | 10.6%▼ | 1.23x |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).