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Best Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top auto & truck dealership stocks in 2025 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 B and is the 32nd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
CARG	CARGURUS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.27B	$31.33	-1.32%	$50.02M	156.65x	0.52	United States
RUSHA	RUSH ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.41B	$55.61	-0.13%	$705.12M	14.44x	1.15	United States
AN	AUTONATION INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.67B	$170.72	-3.56%	$1.56B	9.99x	4.29	United States
CVNA	CARVANA CO	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$43.67B	$204.87	-7.57%	$1.16B	119.11x	5.64	United States
SAH	SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.09B	$61.83	-1.62%	$591.40M	9.75x	4.55	United States
CRMT	AMERICAS CARMART INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$395.66M	$47.89	-1.14%	$89.41M	52.05x	1.88	United States
ABG	ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.67B	$237.62	-1.95%	$919.30M	11.01x	1.95	United States
KAR	OPENLANE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.24B	$20.99	-0.62%	$398.40M	45.63x	2.44	United States
CARS	CARSCOM INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$780.22M	$12.22	-0.16%	$201.24M	16.74x	1.17	United States
CANG	CANGO INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$407.24M	$3.94	-6.19%	N/A	N/A	0.46	China
PAG	PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$10.01B	$150.00	-2.57%	$1.67B	10.92x	2.21	United States
GPI	GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.43B	$410.00	-2.70%	$1.02B	11.09x	2.30	United States
DRVN	DRIVEN BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.85B	$17.38	0.99%	$27.71M	-9.71x	7.66	United States
LAD	LITHIA MOTORS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.08B	$307.37	-3.76%	$1.99B	10.35x	2.47	United States
KMX	CARMAX INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$11.55B	$75.07	1.09%	$1.02B	25.45x	3.40	United States
UXIN	UXIN LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$692.26M	$4.09	0.00%	N/A	-0.20x	-6.25	China
CWH	CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.80B	$17.64	0.46%	$323.43M	-22.05x	13.41	United States
RMBL	RUMBLEON INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$117.14M	$3.10	-5.49%	-$400.00k	-1.40x	19.58	United States
ACVA	ACV AUCTIONS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.58B	$15.28	-6.60%	-$37.96M	-31.83x	1.24	United States
JZXN	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$54.51M	$4.95	2.27%	-$59.03M	-0.75x	0.26	China
SDA	SUNCAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$428.50M	$4.35	-0.23%	N/A	N/A	9.98	China
KFS	KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$219.20M	$7.96	3.24%	$2.37M	-22.74x	20.01	Canada
UCAR	U POWER LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.17M	$2.58	-3.01%	-$26.20M	-0.16x	0.24	China
KXIN	KAIXIN HOLDINGS	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$961.92k	$1.00	0.00%	N/A	-0.01x	0.34	China
AZI	AUTOZI INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$73.49M	$0.70	0.57%	-$8.09M	2.19x	-1.69	Cayman Islands
CTNT	CHEETAH NET SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICE INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.22M	$1.58	-3.42%	-$5.01M	-0.60x	0.22	United States
GORV	LAZYDAYS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$7.18M	$0.51	-12.76%	-$137.87M	-0.04x	8.82	United States
VRM	VROOM INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$147.20M	$28.51	0.42%	-$129.36M	-0.31x	-35.47	United States

Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now in Mar 2025?

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. Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG)

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) is the #1 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 28 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 27.

CARG passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cargurus has seen its stock return 35.16% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 25 percentage points.

Cargurus has an average 1 year price target of $40.61, an upside of 29.62% from Cargurus's current stock price of $31.33.

Cargurus stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Cargurus, 44.44% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 44.44% have issued a Buy, 11.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) is the #2 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 28 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 Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 26 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 27.

RUSHA passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rush Enterprises has seen its stock return 6.78% over the past year, underperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by -4 percentage points.

Rush Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $69.00, an upside of 24.08% from Rush Enterprises's current stock price of $55.61.

Rush Enterprises stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Rush Enterprises, 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.

3. Autonation (NYSE:AN)

Autonation (NYSE:AN) is the #3 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 28 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 Autonation (NYSE:AN) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Autonation (NYSE:AN) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 13 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 27.

AN passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Autonation has seen its stock return 5.42% over the past year, underperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by -5 percentage points.

Autonation has an average 1 year price target of $204.71, an upside of 19.91% from Autonation's current stock price of $170.72.

Autonation stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Autonation, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 42.86% 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 2.96%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.71%. 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 23.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Camping World Holdings (NYSE:CWH)

Camping World Holdings (NYSE:CWH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.86%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.71%. Camping World Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Camping World Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Camping World Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -62.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) has an annual dividend yield of 2.1%, which is the same as the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.71%. 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 19.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto & truck dealership stocks down?

Auto & truck dealership stocks were down -2.94% in the last day, and up 2.98% 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. 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 71, which is 47 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carscom's stock has dropped -27.48% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by -38 percentage points.

2. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) 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.

Asbury Automotive Group has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Asbury Automotive Group's stock has gained 5.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by -5 percentage points.

3. Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD)

Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) 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.

Lithia Motors has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lithia Motors's stock has gained 2.84% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by -8 percentage points.

Are auto & truck dealership stocks a good buy now?

47.06% of auto & truck dealership stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto & truck dealership stocks to rise by 22.29% over the next year.

4.17% of auto & truck dealership stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 29.17% of auto & truck dealership stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% 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 57.21x.

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