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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 +32.52% 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 D and is the 96th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
RDNW	RIDENOW GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$268.50M	$6.99	-3.45%	$9.40M	-5.07x	-54.89	United States
CARS	CARSCOM INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$642.07M	$10.95	-1.08%	$156.53M	34.22x	1.25	United States
SDA	SUNCAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$123.43M	$1.21	-0.82%	$7.58M	-30.25x	4.99	China
BGSI	BOYD GROUP SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.37B	$120.93	-0.80%	$342.37M	147.48x	1.25
SAH	SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.39B	$75.59	-1.10%	$495.10M	23.48x	5.23	United States
ACVA	ACV AUCTIONS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$922.58M	$5.30	0.38%	-$11.44M	-13.59x	1.53	United States
CARG	CARGURUS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.52B	$36.98	-0.16%	$240.34M	23.41x	0.77	United States
RUSHA	RUSH ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.47B	$71.03	-2.69%	$644.60M	21.08x	1.00	United States
CVNA	CARVANA CO	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$82.60B	$376.55	-1.58%	-$574.00M	36.35x	2.46	United States
OPLN	OPENLANE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.41B	$32.06	1.81%	$411.90M	-33.40x	2.81	United States
DRVN	DRIVEN BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.24B	$13.65	-2.71%	$38.73M	-11.28x	4.23	United States
PAG	PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$10.84B	$164.91	-2.90%	$1.69B	11.75x	2.23	United States
GPI	GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.93B	$330.00	-6.69%	$867.10M	12.50x	2.54	United States
UXIN	UXIN LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$611.29M	$3.14	8.65%	-$17.72M	N/A	-10.02	China
AN	AUTONATION INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.78B	$202.66	-3.50%	$1.55B	10.84x	5.57	United States
ABG	ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.60B	$193.35	-4.76%	$1.11B	6.82x	1.87	United States
KFS	KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$296.70M	$10.25	-4.21%	$191.00k	-23.84x	12.99	Canada
KMX	CARMAX INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.23B	$36.88	-4.28%	$839.79M	21.95x	3.48	United States
LAD	LITHIA MOTORS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.43B	$282.02	-3.05%	$1.89B	9.82x	3.03	United States
CWH	CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$765.19M	$7.43	-4.25%	$489.30M	-4.99x	22.27	United States
UCAR	U POWER LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$738.12k	$1.67	-1.18%	-$36.41M	-0.01x	0.23	China
CRMT	AMERICAS CARMART INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$104.20M	$12.55	-1.26%	$20.98M	-1.12x	2.39	United States
JZXN	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.11M	$0.88	-5.88%	-$10.02M	-0.03x	0.22	China
CTNT	CHEETAH NET SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICE INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$517.34k	$2.86	-4.35%	-$2.86M	-0.01x	0.27	United States
KXIN	KAIXIN HOLDINGS	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$7.41M	$4.74	4.71%	-$52.60M	-0.01x	0.51	China
OTH	OFF THE HOOK YS INC	NYSEMKT	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$64.20M	$2.64	-2.58%	$652.47k	-29.33x	3.09	United States
CANG	CANGO INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$160.61M	$0.45	-3.00%	-$484.14M	-0.21x	1.85	China
AZI	AUTOZI INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$303.42k	$1.21	-3.97%	-$14.11M	-0.02x	-0.94	Cayman Islands
VRM	VROOM INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$69.50M	$13.35	-8.44%	-$46.61M	-1.30x	7.04	United States

Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now in May 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. Ridenow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW)

Ridenow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) 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 +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ridenow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ridenow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) has a Due Diligence Score of 12, which is -13 points lower than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RDNW as a "B".

RDNW passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ridenow Group has seen its stock return 152.35% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 194 percentage points.

Ridenow Group has an average 1 year price target of $6.50, a downside of -7.01% from Ridenow Group's current stock price of $6.99.

Ridenow Group stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ridenow Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) 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 +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 6 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25.

CARS passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carscom has seen its stock lose -6.73% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 34 percentage points.

Carscom has an average 1 year price target of $14.80, an upside of 35.16% from Carscom's current stock price of $10.95.

Carscom stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Carscom, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Suncar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA)

Suncar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA) 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 +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Suncar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Suncar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -5 points lower than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates SDA as a "B".

SDA passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Suncar Technology Group has seen its stock lose -56.79% over the past year, underperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by -16 percentage points.

Suncar Technology Group has an average 1 year price target of $5.00, an upside of 313.22% from Suncar Technology Group's current stock price of $1.21.

Suncar Technology Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Suncar Technology Group, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 3.25%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.83%. 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 1.97%, which is the same as the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.83%. 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 1.06%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.83%. 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 down?

Auto & truck dealership stocks were down -3.26% in the last day, and down -2.24% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why auto & truck dealership stocks are down.

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. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) 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.

Asbury Automotive Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Asbury Automotive Group's stock has dropped -12.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 29 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 48 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Group 1 Automotive's stock has dropped -19.87% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 21 percentage points.

3. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) 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.

Carscom has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carscom's stock has dropped -6.73% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 34 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 23.01% over the next year.

0% of auto & truck dealership stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.64% of auto & truck dealership stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.64% are rated C (Hold), 18.18% are rated D (Sell), and 4.55% 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 28.2x.

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