Comparison

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) vs Cars.com Inc. (CARS)

The same filed metrics for both companies, side by side.

What each names as a risk in its own annual report, how each is priced against its own history, and the tracked managers whose latest 13F reports a position in both.

Financials

ABG

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC

Auto & Truck Dealerships

Revenue, FY25: $18B
Net income: $492M
Operating cash flow: $775M
Free cash flow: -
Net margin: 2.73%
Operating margin: 4.78%
Gross margin: 17.07%

CARS

Cars.com Inc.

Auto & Truck Dealerships

Revenue, FY25: $723M
Net income: $20.05M
Operating cash flow: $152M
Free cash flow: $147M
Net margin: 2.77%
Operating margin: 8.33%
Gross margin: -

Head-to-head

Filed growth, quality and valuation, read against each company’s own history rather than against the other side.

Metric	ABG	CARS
Revenue growth, latest filed year	+4.71%	+0.57%
Piotroski F-score	6 of 9	6 of 8
P/E against its own history	20.97% below	51.73% below

What each says it is exposed to

From Item 1A of each company’s most recent 10-K.

ABG

Debt covenants
Cybersecurity
Interest rates
Goodwill impairment
Litigation
Tariffs

And 10 more.

CARS

Debt covenants
Litigation
Cybersecurity
Goodwill impairment
AI and its regulation
Climate

And 12 more.

Tracked managers holding both

No manager tracked here reports a position in both, as of each company’s latest filed 13F.

Updated Aug 31, 2026 · the newer of the two companies' filings