Asbury Automotive Group
ABG · Automotive Retail
$172.65
0.4%Murphy USA
MUSA · Automotive Retail
$534.63
0.5%The short version
- Murphy USA is the larger business, with $19.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $18.0B for Asbury Automotive Group.
- Asbury Automotive Group grew revenue faster (4.7%, against −4.3%).
- Asbury Automotive Group kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.8% operating margin, against 3.7% operating margin).
- Murphy USA earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.5%, against 9.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Murphy USA’s earnings: a P/E of 16.3x against 6.5x for Asbury Automotive Group.
| Latest fiscal year | ABG · FY25 | MUSA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $9.9B |
| Revenue | $18.0B | $19.4B |
| Free cash flow | — | $374M |
| Net income | $492M | $471M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.7% | −4.3% |
| 5-year growth | 20.3% | 11.5% |
| Share count change | −2.0% | −6.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| FCF margin | — | 1.9% |
| Return on capital | 9.2% | 20.5% |
| Return on equity | 13.3% | 64.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.5B | $2.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7x | 2.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $12.8M | $691M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 6.5x | 16.3x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
FY16
ABG $6.5B
MUSA $11.6B
FY17
ABG $6.5B
MUSA $12.8B
FY18
ABG $6.9B
MUSA $14.4B
FY19
ABG $7.2B
MUSA $14.0B
FY20
ABG $7.1B
MUSA $11.3B
FY21
ABG $9.8B
MUSA $17.4B
FY22
ABG $15.4B
MUSA $23.4B
FY23
ABG $14.8B
MUSA $21.5B
FY24
ABG $17.2B
MUSA $20.2B
FY25
ABG $18.0B
MUSA $19.4B
ABG
MUSA
FY16
ABG 4.6%
MUSA 3.4%
FY17
ABG 4.5%
MUSA 2.2%
FY18
ABG 4.5%
MUSA 2.3%
FY19
ABG 4.5%
MUSA 1.9%
FY20
ABG 5.2%
MUSA 5.0%
FY21
ABG 8.1%
MUSA 3.5%
FY22
ABG 8.3%
MUSA 4.1%
FY23
ABG 6.4%
MUSA 3.8%
FY24
ABG 4.9%
MUSA 3.7%
FY25
ABG 4.8%
MUSA 3.7%
ABG
MUSA
FY16
ABG $61.1M
MUSA $75.3M
FY17
ABG $224M
MUSA $25.3M
FY18
ABG −$30.2M
MUSA $194M
FY19
ABG $292M
MUSA $109M
FY20
ABG —
MUSA $333M
FY21
ABG $1.1B
MUSA $463M
FY22
ABG $601M
MUSA $689M
FY23
ABG $171M
MUSA $448M
FY24
ABG —
MUSA $390M
FY25
ABG —
MUSA $374M
ABG
MUSA
FY16
ABG 15.0%
MUSA 19.8%
FY17
ABG 15.4%
MUSA 21.3%
FY18
ABG 17.5%
MUSA 17.3%
FY19
ABG 16.6%
MUSA 13.5%
FY20
ABG 15.1%
MUSA 26.6%
FY21
ABG 16.2%
MUSA 23.0%
FY22
ABG 17.0%
MUSA 31.1%
FY23
ABG 11.6%
MUSA 25.7%
FY24
ABG 9.6%
MUSA 22.3%
FY25
ABG 9.2%
MUSA 20.5%
ABG
MUSA
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