Asbury Automotive (ABG)

• Market cap: $4.31B
• 1 day: 0.87%
• 5 days: -0.52%
• 1 month: -1.22%
• 3 months: -28.68%
• 6 months: -6.39%
• Year to date: -7.73%
• 1 year: 3.76%
• 5 years: 223.17%
• 10 years: 159.60%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships

About: Asbury Automotive Group is a regional collection of automobile dealerships that went public in March 2002. The company operates 152 new-vehicle stores and 37 collision centers. Over 70% of new-vehicle revenue is from luxury and import brands. Asbury also offers third-party financing and insurance products and its own F&I products via Total Care Auto. Asbury operates in 14 states (mostly Texas, the West, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Southeast). Asbury store brands include McDavid and Park Place in Texas, Koons in the Washington, D.C. area, and the Larry H. Miller brand in the Western US. Asbury generated $17.2 billion of revenue in 2024 and is based in the Atlanta area. The firm targets at least $30 billion of revenue sometime around 2030.

Employees: 15,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

371% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $53.2M | Put options by funds: $11.3M

26% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 53 | Existing positions closed: 42

3.5% more ownership

Funds ownership: 110.13% [Q3] → 113.63% (+3.5%) [Q4]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 304 [Q3] → 311 (+7) [Q4]

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.23B [Q3] → $5.41B (+$176M) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 9 (+0) [Q4]

0% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 109 | Existing positions reduced: 109

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $236 8% upside
• Avg. target: $249 14% upside
• High target: $260 19% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 3 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Citigroup Michael Ward 58% 1-year accuracy 11 / 19 met price target	8% upside $236	Neutral Initiated	23 Apr 2025
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 61% 1-year accuracy 27 / 44 met price target	15% upside $250	Neutral Maintained	27 Mar 2025
Stephens & Co. Jeff Lick 64% 1-year accuracy 7 / 11 met price target	19% upside $260	Equal-Weight Maintained	11 Feb 2025