Advance Auto Parts
AAP · Automotive Retail
$46.92
0.5%Asbury Automotive Group
ABG · Automotive Retail
$172.65
0.4%The short version
- Asbury Automotive Group is the larger business, with $18.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.6B for Advance Auto Parts, about 2.1 times as much.
- Asbury Automotive Group grew revenue faster (4.7%, against −5.4%).
- Asbury Automotive Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.8% operating margin, against −0.5% operating margin).
- Asbury Automotive Group earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (9.2%, against −1.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Advance Auto Parts’s earnings: a P/E of 34.3x against 6.5x for Asbury Automotive Group.
| Latest fiscal year | AAP · FY25 | ABG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $3.2B |
| Revenue | $8.6B | $18.0B |
| Free cash flow | −$298M | — |
| Net income | $44.0M | $492M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.4% | 4.7% |
| 5-year growth | −3.2% | 20.3% |
| Share count change | 1.2% | −2.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 43.4% | 17.1% |
| Operating margin | −0.5% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| FCF margin | −3.5% | — |
| Return on capital | −1.5% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 2.0% | 13.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $289M | $3.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.3x | 3.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $60.0M | $12.8M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 34.3x | 6.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
FY16
AAP $9.6B
ABG $6.5B
FY17
AAP $9.4B
ABG $6.5B
FY18
AAP $9.6B
ABG $6.9B
FY19
AAP $9.7B
ABG $7.2B
FY20
AAP $10.1B
ABG $7.1B
FY21
AAP $11.0B
ABG $9.8B
FY22
AAP $9.1B
ABG $15.4B
FY23
AAP $9.2B
ABG $14.8B
FY24
AAP $9.1B
ABG $17.2B
FY25
AAP $8.6B
ABG $18.0B
AAP
ABG
FY16
AAP 8.2%
ABG 4.6%
FY17
AAP 6.1%
ABG 4.5%
FY18
AAP 6.3%
ABG 4.5%
FY19
AAP 7.0%
ABG 4.5%
FY20
AAP 7.4%
ABG 5.2%
FY21
AAP 7.5%
ABG 8.1%
FY22
AAP 5.7%
ABG 8.3%
FY23
AAP 0.4%
ABG 6.4%
FY24
AAP −7.8%
ABG 4.9%
FY25
AAP −0.5%
ABG 4.8%
AAP
ABG
FY16
AAP $264M
ABG $61.1M
FY17
AAP $411M
ABG $224M
FY18
AAP $617M
ABG −$30.2M
FY19
AAP $597M
ABG $292M
FY20
AAP $702M
ABG —
FY21
AAP $817M
ABG $1.1B
FY22
AAP $338M
ABG $601M
FY23
AAP $61.0M
ABG $171M
FY24
AAP −$96.0M
ABG —
FY25
AAP −$298M
ABG —
AAP
ABG
FY16
AAP 13.2%
ABG 15.0%
FY17
AAP 13.5%
ABG 15.4%
FY18
AAP 12.1%
ABG 17.5%
FY19
AAP 13.6%
ABG 16.6%
FY20
AAP 14.9%
ABG 15.1%
FY21
AAP 17.3%
ABG 16.2%
FY22
AAP 11.4%
ABG 17.0%
FY23
AAP 0.8%
ABG 11.6%
FY24
AAP −19.1%
ABG 9.6%
FY25
AAP −1.5%
ABG 9.2%
AAP
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