Asbury Automotive Group Inc ABG

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

Ranked against 30 peers in Auto & Truck Dealerships

About Asbury Automotive Group Inc

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It operates through Dealerships; and Total Care Auto, Powered by Asbury (TCA) segments. The company offers a range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicles; and vehicle repair and maintenance services, replacement parts, collision repair, and reconditioning services for used … Full ABG analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 63.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.68), demonstrating operating leverage.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where ABG ranks in Auto & Truck Dealerships

Asbury Automotive Group Inc ranks #11 of 31 scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships by moat score — the top 35%. The widest moat in the group is CarGurus, Inc. (CARG) at 77/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
7 Valvoline Inc. VVV 69/100 Moderate
8 Carvana Co. CVNA 65/100 Moderate
9 Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG 65/100 Moderate
10 Driven Brands Holdings Inc. DRVN 64/100 Moderate
11 Asbury Automotive Group Inc ABG 60/100 Moderate
12 AutoNation, Inc. AN 59/100 Moderate
13 Group 1 Automotive, Inc. GPI 56/100 Moderate
14 Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD 55/100 Moderate
15 Sonic Automotive, Inc. SAH 55/100 Moderate

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How ABG scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 59 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 75 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 55 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 72 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 53 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 48 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ABG's moat

What is Asbury Automotive Group Inc's moat score?

Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #11 of 31 scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships, the top 35%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 30 companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (75/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (48/100).

How does Asbury Automotive Group Inc compare with other Auto & Truck Dealerships companies?

Asbury Automotive Group Inc ranks #11 of 31 scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships by moat score. The widest moat in Auto & Truck Dealerships is CarGurus, Inc. (CARG) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (DRVN) at 64 just above it and AutoNation, Inc. (AN) at 59 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 30 companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Asbury Automotive Group Inc scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Asbury Automotive Group Inc?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ABG scores: Pricing Power (59), Cost Advantage (75), Customer Stickiness (55), Capital Efficiency (72), Resilience (53), Scale & Market Position (48). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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