Murphy USA
MUSA · Automotive Retail
$534.63
0.5%Sonic Automotive
SAH · Automotive Retail
$61.28
2.9%The short version
- Murphy USA is the larger business, with $19.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $15.2B for Sonic Automotive.
- Sonic Automotive grew revenue faster (6.5%, against −4.3%).
- Murphy USA kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (3.7% operating margin, against 2.4% operating margin).
- Sonic Automotive turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.8% FCF margin, against 1.9% FCF margin).
- Murphy USA earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.5%, against 12.2%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Murphy USA’s earnings: a P/E of 16.3x against 9.8x for Sonic Automotive.
| Latest fiscal year | MUSA · FY25 | SAH · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $9.9B | $2.0B |
| Revenue | $19.4B | $15.2B |
| Free cash flow | $374M | $418M |
| Net income | $471M | $119M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −4.3% | 6.5% |
| 5-year growth | 11.5% | 9.2% |
| Share count change | −6.3% | −0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 15.7% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 0.8% |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Return on capital | 20.5% | 12.2% |
| Return on equity | 64.3% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.2B | $2.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2x | 3.7x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $691M | $131M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.3x | 9.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
FY16
MUSA $11.6B
SAH $9.7B
FY17
MUSA $12.8B
SAH $9.9B
FY18
MUSA $14.4B
SAH $10.0B
FY19
MUSA $14.0B
SAH $10.5B
FY20
MUSA $11.3B
SAH $9.8B
FY21
MUSA $17.4B
SAH $12.4B
FY22
MUSA $23.4B
SAH $14.0B
FY23
MUSA $21.5B
SAH $14.4B
FY24
MUSA $20.2B
SAH $14.2B
FY25
MUSA $19.4B
SAH $15.2B
MUSA
SAH
FY16
MUSA 3.4%
SAH 2.4%
FY17
MUSA 2.2%
SAH 2.1%
FY18
MUSA 2.3%
SAH 1.8%
FY19
MUSA 1.9%
SAH 2.9%
FY20
MUSA 5.0%
SAH 0.4%
FY21
MUSA 3.5%
SAH 4.3%
FY22
MUSA 4.1%
SAH 2.2%
FY23
MUSA 3.8%
SAH 3.0%
FY24
MUSA 3.7%
SAH 3.2%
FY25
MUSA 3.7%
SAH 2.4%
MUSA
SAH
FY16
MUSA $75.3M
SAH $10.1M
FY17
MUSA $25.3M
SAH −$71.4M
FY18
MUSA $194M
SAH −$19.9M
FY19
MUSA $109M
SAH $45.2M
FY20
MUSA $333M
SAH $154M
FY21
MUSA $463M
SAH $8.1M
FY22
MUSA $689M
SAH $179M
FY23
MUSA $448M
SAH −$219M
FY24
MUSA $390M
SAH −$78.1M
FY25
MUSA $374M
SAH $418M
MUSA
SAH
FY16
MUSA 19.8%
SAH 9.0%
FY17
MUSA 21.3%
SAH 10.8%
FY18
MUSA 17.3%
SAH 6.9%
FY19
MUSA 13.5%
SAH 13.0%
FY20
MUSA 26.6%
SAH 1.7%
FY21
MUSA 23.0%
SAH 20.7%
FY22
MUSA 31.1%
SAH 6.1%
FY23
MUSA 25.7%
SAH 11.4%
FY24
MUSA 22.3%
SAH 13.5%
FY25
MUSA 20.5%
SAH 12.2%
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