Comparison

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) vs LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)

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%

LAD

LITHIA MOTORS INC

Auto & Truck Dealerships

Revenue, FY25: $37.63B
Net income: $820M
Operating cash flow: $357M
Free cash flow: $5.8M
Net margin: 2.18%
Operating margin: 4.24%
Gross margin: 15.23%

Head-to-head

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

Metric	ABG	LAD
Revenue growth, latest filed year	+4.71%	+4.00%
Piotroski F-score	6 of 9	3 of 9
P/E against its own history	20.97% below	10.39% above

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.

LAD

Debt covenants
Interest rates
Litigation
Cybersecurity
Inflation
Currency moves

And 16 more.

Tracked managers holding both

David Abrams Abrams Capital 7.91% · 13.20%
Joel Greenblatt Gotham Asset Management 0.00% · 0.08%

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