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Best Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top auto & truck dealership stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Auto & Truck Dealerships is Zen Rated C and is the 84th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
CARS	CARSCOM INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$619.96M	$11.09	0.54%	$155.72M	25.79x	1.29	United States
CARG	CARGURUS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.08B	$34.18	-0.93%	$233.55M	22.05x	1.19	United States
OPLN	OPENLANE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.23B	$39.89	-2.06%	$428.00M	-51.14x	2.91	United States
SDA	SUNCAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$93.44M	$0.92	-2.66%	$12.60M	N/A	5.00	China
DRVN	DRIVEN BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.56B	$15.50	1.37%	$428.55M	13.48x	3.34	United States
RDNW	RIDENOW GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$226.89M	$5.88	-1.34%	$12.50M	-4.74x	-45.55	United States
ACVA	ACV AUCTIONS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.16B	$6.67	-3.61%	-$5.07M	-18.53x	1.87	United States
KMX	CARMAX INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$7.59B	$53.49	4.86%	$835.07M	33.64x	3.35	United States
RUSHA	RUSH ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.87B	$75.48	2.08%	$638.09M	22.13x	0.98	United States
BGSI	BOYD GROUP SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.72B	$97.77	2.05%	N/A	N/A	1.50
AN	AUTONATION INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.55B	$195.80	1.81%	$1.55B	10.47x	5.57	United States
SAH	SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.99B	$94.54	-0.81%	$495.10M	29.36x	5.23	United States
GPI	GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.57B	$299.88	-1.02%	$867.10M	11.36x	2.54	United States
PAG	PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$12.77B	$194.27	1.45%	$1.69B	13.85x	2.23	United States
CVNA	CARVANA CO	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$72.20B	$65.83	-1.92%	-$574.00M	31.86x	2.46	United States
ABG	ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.95B	$211.97	0.11%	$1.11B	7.47x	1.87	United States
KWY	KINGSWAY CORP	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$288.31M	$9.96	-0.30%	$1.98M	-24.90x	15.18	Canada
CTNT	CHEETAH NET SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICE INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.03M	$1.70	-8.60%	-$2.67M	-0.01x	0.04	United States
LAD	LITHIA MOTORS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$7.16B	$313.74	0.56%	$1.89B	10.92x	3.03	United States
CWH	CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$640.58M	$6.22	-3.72%	$489.30M	-4.17x	22.27	United States
UCAR	U POWER LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$28.05M	$1.21	0.00%	-$56.51M	-0.01x	0.31	China
UXIN	UXIN LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$354.31M	$1.82	2.82%	N/A	N/A	-6.52	China
CRMT	AMERICAS CARMART INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$26.90M	$3.24	-6.90%	$20.98M	-0.29x	2.39	United States
VRM	VROOM INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$38.17M	$7.33	1.81%	-$58.35M	-0.57x	8.31	United States
AZI	AUTOZI INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.78M	$1.54	-4.94%	N/A	-0.03x	-5.03	Cayman Islands
NXB	NEXTBOAT INC	NYSEMKT	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$50.66M	$2.08	-1.98%	-$2.77M	-8.60x	5.15	United States
CANG	CANGO INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$75.31M	$0.21	-8.30%	N/A	-0.06x	0.81	China
KXIN	KAIXIN HOLDINGS	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.13M	$5.20	20.88%	-$52.60M	-0.01x	0.51	China
JZXN	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.73M	$2.17	85.47%	-$10.02M	-0.07x	0.22	China

Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now in Jul 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now are:

1. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) is the #1 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Carscom (NYSE:CARS) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 15 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25.

CARS passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carscom has seen its stock lose -12.95% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 30 percentage points.

Carscom has an average 1 year price target of $14.43, an upside of 30.11% from Carscom's current stock price of $11.09.

Carscom stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Carscom, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG)

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) is the #2 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 19 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25.

CARG passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cargurus has seen its stock lose -1.44% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 42 percentage points.

Cargurus has an average 1 year price target of $37.39, an upside of 9.39% from Cargurus's current stock price of $34.18.

Cargurus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Cargurus, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Openlane (NYSE:OPLN)

Openlane (NYSE:OPLN) is the #3 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Openlane (NYSE:OPLN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Openlane (NYSE:OPLN) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -8 points lower than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OPLN as a "B".

OPLN passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Openlane has seen its stock return 56.62% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 100 percentage points.

Openlane has an average 1 year price target of $38.40, a downside of -3.74% from Openlane's current stock price of $39.89.

Openlane stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Openlane, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the auto & truck dealership stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 6 auto & truck dealership stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 auto & truck dealership stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG)

Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) has an annual dividend yield of 2.84%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.59%. Penske Automotive Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Penske Automotive Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Penske Automotive Group's dividend payout ratio of 38.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.64%, which is the same as the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.59%. Sonic Automotive's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Sonic Automotive's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sonic Automotive's dividend payout ratio of 46.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.01%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.59%. Rush Enterprises's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Rush Enterprises's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rush Enterprises's dividend payout ratio of 22% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto & truck dealership stocks up?

Auto & truck dealership stocks were up 0.52% in the last day, and up 1.94% over the last week. Jiuzi Holdings was the among the top gainers in the auto & truck dealerships industry, gaining 85.47% yesterday.

Jiuzi Holdings shares are trading higher after the company announced that it intends to sign a cooperation agreement with a company specializing in AI intelligent imaging and data platform technologies.

What are the most undervalued auto & truck dealership stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued auto & truck dealership stocks right now are:

1. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) is the most undervalued auto & truck dealership stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Carscom has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carscom's stock has dropped -12.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 30 percentage points.

2. Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI)

Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) is the second most undervalued auto & truck dealership stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Group 1 Automotive has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Group 1 Automotive's stock has dropped -37.54% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 6 percentage points.

3. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) is the third most undervalued auto & truck dealership stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Asbury Automotive Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Asbury Automotive Group's stock has dropped -20.3% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 23 percentage points.

Are auto & truck dealership stocks a good buy now?

45% of auto & truck dealership stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto & truck dealership stocks to rise by 20.1% over the next year.

0% of auto & truck dealership stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.39% of auto & truck dealership stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.22% are rated C (Hold), 17.39% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the auto & truck dealerships industry?

The average P/E ratio of the auto & truck dealerships industry is 21.87x.

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Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

1. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

2. Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG)

3. Openlane (NYSE:OPLN)

1. Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG)

2. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

3. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

1. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

2. Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI)

3. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

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