Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ABG
$175.88 -1.45% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.27B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 5.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -30.0%, behind the S&P 500 by 45.0 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth37Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 50%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Quality20Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 48%
- Gross marginBottom 15%
- Operating marginBottom 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
Value96Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 3%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 20%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 37%
Momentum27Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 35%
- 6-month returnBottom 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions25Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 32%
Stability55Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.8% | 4.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 34.4% | -2.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 17.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 5.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 2.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.1% | 4.8% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.4% | 34.4% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 17.1% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 5.7% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.8% | 4.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | — | Top 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.3% | — | Top 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.59×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -12.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.15×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 11.53%
- Shareholder yield
- 11.53%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $257.80
- Target vs current price
- +46.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +8.1% | +6.3% | +0.6% | -7.0% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | -4.4% | +0.3% | -3.3% | -5.0% | +11.1% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -0.4% | -7.0% | -2.0% | -12.4% | -14.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +5.1% | +0.7% | +0.3% | -4.5% | +1.6% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +8.9% | -3.9% | -2.3% | +10.3% | +9.7% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | -0.3% | -3.6% | -1.7% | +2.3% | +3.6% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +19.6% | +11.5% | +10.9% | -2.7% | -18.5% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -3.5% | +2.6% | +5.1% | +18.3% | +20.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $6.82 | $6.31 | +8.1% | $4.38B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $5.37 | $5.62 | -4.4% | $4.11B |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $6.67 | $6.70 | -0.4% | $4.68B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $7.17 | $6.82 | +5.1% | $4.80B |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $7.43 | $6.82 | +8.9% | $4.37B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $6.82 | $6.84 | -0.3% | $4.15B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $7.26 | $6.07 | +19.6% | $4.50B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $6.35 | $6.58 | -3.5% | $4.24B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.6× | 8.1× | 33th | Top 3% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 20% |
| EV / Sales | 0.49× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.16% | — | — | Top 12% |
| Earnings yield | 15.20% | — | — | Top 3% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.5× – 13.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -30.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -2.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +6.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.5%
- RSI (14)
- 33.0
- Relative volume
- 0.54×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 46th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.87
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | -43.7% | 418 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Oct 20, 2022 | -38.6% | 251 days | 70 days (Feb 1, 2023) |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -26.4% | 45 days | 86 days (Oct 20, 2021) |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -26.4% | 74 days | 180 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 | -23.5% | 56 days | 49 days (Jul 7, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.27B
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $26.74
- Revenue (TTM)
- $17.97B
- 52-week range
- $169.02 – $258.75
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.84B | $15.43B | $14.80B | $17.19B | $18.00B |
| Gross profit | $1.90B | $3.10B | $2.76B | $2.95B | $3.07B |
| Operating income | $791.8M | $1.27B | $953.5M | $835.6M | $1.00B |
| Net income | $532.4M | $997.3M | $602.5M | $430.3M | $492.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $26.49 | $44.52 | $28.69 | $21.50 | $25.13 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.24B | $4.50B | $4.15B | $4.37B | $4.80B | $4.68B | $4.11B | $4.38B |
| Net income | $126.3M | $128.8M | $132.1M | $152.8M | $147.1M | $60.0M | $187.8M | $114.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.38 | $6.54 | $6.71 | $7.76 | $7.52 | $3.09 | $9.88 | $6.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.16B | $696.0M | $313.0M | $671.2M | $775.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$82.0M | -$107.9M | -$142.3M | -$308.2M | -$205.3M |
| Free cash flow | $1.08B | $588.1M | $170.7M | $363.0M | $569.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $656.5M | -$295.2M | -$279.1M | -$193.2M | -$112.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $35.7M
- Total assets
- $11.41B
- Total liabilities
- $7.49B
- Total debt
- $5.53B
- Net debt
- $5.50B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.92B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2008 | $0.11 | Aug 22, 2008 |
| May 15, 2008 | $0.11 | Jun 16, 2008 |
| Feb 6, 2008 | $0.11 | Feb 29, 2008 |
| Nov 1, 2007 | $0.11 | Nov 19, 2007 |
| Aug 2, 2007 | $0.11 | Aug 20, 2007 |
| May 9, 2007 | $0.10 | May 25, 2007 |
| Jan 24, 2007 | $0.10 | Feb 9, 2007 |
| Oct 31, 2006 | $0.10 | Nov 16, 2006 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,301,434
- Days to cover
- 7.17
- Change vs previous report
- +7.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 16, 2009
- 1-for-2
- Dec 29, 2005
- 1-for-2