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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 79th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
CARS	CARSCOM INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$618.84M	$11.56	-1.03%	$157.50M	19.93x	1.28	United States
CARG	CARGURUS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.01B	$33.77	-0.06%	$270.88M	18.06x	1.10	United States
RUSHA	RUSH ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.17B	$44.27	-0.45%	$627.40M	19.42x	0.99	United States
KMX	CARMAX INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$7.58B	$53.38	-5.39%	$945.69M	25.30x	3.14	United States
OPLN	OPENLANE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.77B	$38.88	-1.82%	$442.40M	-63.74x	2.19	United States
DRVN	DRIVEN BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.86B	$11.29	-11.28%	$396.72M	10.55x	3.25	United States
RDNW	RIDENOW GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$209.10M	$5.36	-1.83%	$48.90M	-24.36x	-83.73	United States
KWY	KINGSWAY CORP	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$284.39M	$9.83	-1.31%	$5.78M	-32.77x	15.24	Canada
GPI	GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.17B	$265.01	-1.77%	$911.80M	8.33x	2.52	United States
BGSI	BOYD GROUP SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.45B	$88.01	-0.41%	$410.33M	187.26x	1.48
LAD	LITHIA MOTORS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.46B	$298.77	-3.52%	$2.04B	8.53x	3.05	United States
ABG	ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.55B	$197.77	-4.31%	$999.30M	7.85x	1.82	United States
AN	AUTONATION INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.71B	$178.51	-3.98%	$1.59B	8.48x	5.89	United States
CVNA	CARVANA CO	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$78.64B	$71.28	-1.00%	-$239.00M	29.58x	2.19	United States
CTNT	CHEETAH NET SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICE INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$43.39k	$2.06	0.98%	-$2.09M	-0.00x	0.03	United States
CRMT	AMERICAS CARMART INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$10.09M	$1.21	32.68%	-$84.86M	-0.05x	2.20	United States
KXIN	KAIXIN HOLDINGS	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.52M	$2.25	7.14%	N/A	0.09x	0.52	China
SAH	SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.92B	$60.68	-4.61%	$636.00M	9.62x	5.14	United States
CWH	CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$496.85M	$4.81	-10.09%	$465.57M	-3.10x	18.15	United States
SDA	SUNCAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$20.61M	$0.20	-2.42%	$15.62M	6.73x	5.26	China
PAG	PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$13.93B	$212.21	-0.49%	$1.73B	14.80x	2.10	United States
UCAR	U POWER LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.55M	$3.06	-2.55%	-$56.51M	-0.00x	0.31	China
UXIN	UXIN LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$179.23M	$0.89	-2.32%	N/A	N/A	-5.45	China
VRM	VROOM INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$38.11M	$7.28	3.85%	-$48.87M	-0.65x	8.22	United States
NXB	NEXTBOAT INC	NYSEMKT	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$37.71M	$1.50	-3.23%	-$4.72M	-4.26x	7.21	United States
AZI	AUTOZI INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.89M	$0.77	-1.53%	N/A	-0.01x	-5.86	Cayman Islands
JZXN	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$569.16k	$1.11	0.91%	-$22.44M	-0.01x	0.05	China

Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now in Nov 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 27 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Carscom (NYSE:CARS) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 11 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28.

CARS passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Carscom has seen its stock return 6.64% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 103 percentage points.

Carscom has an average 1 year price target of $12.38, an upside of 7.05% from Carscom's current stock price of $11.56.

Carscom stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Carscom, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 75% 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 27 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 27 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28.

CARG passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cargurus has seen its stock lose -3.76% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 93 percentage points.

Cargurus has an average 1 year price target of $39.80, an upside of 17.86% from Cargurus's current stock price of $33.77.

Cargurus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Cargurus, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 30% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) is the #3 top auto & truck dealership stock out of 27 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 Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 13 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28.

RUSHA passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rush Enterprises has seen its stock return 41.23% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 138 percentage points.

Rush Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $55.84, an upside of 26.12% from Rush Enterprises's current stock price of $44.27.

Rush Enterprises stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Rush Enterprises, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% 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 2.66%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.57%. 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 39.3% 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 2.6%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.57%. 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 25% 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 1.17%, which is the same as the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.57%. 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 22.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto & truck dealership stocks down?

Auto & truck dealership stocks were down -2.59% in the last day, and up 3.39% over the last week. Driven Brands Holdings was the among the top losers in the auto & truck dealerships industry, dropping -11.28% yesterday.

Driven Brands Holdings shares are trading lower after the company disclosed material errors in its FY25, FY24 and FY23 consolidated financial statements. The company cut its FY26 adjusted EPS guidance with its midpoint below estimates.

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. Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI)

Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) 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.

Group 1 Automotive has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Group 1 Automotive's stock has dropped -32.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 64 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 43, which is 14 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Asbury Automotive Group's stock has dropped -15.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 81 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 57, which is 28 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Carscom's stock has gained 6.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by 103 percentage points.

Are auto & truck dealership stocks a good buy now?

44.44% of auto & truck dealership stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto & truck dealership stocks to rise by 19.73% over the next year.

0% of auto & truck dealership stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.79% of auto & truck dealership stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.68% are rated C (Hold), 10.53% 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 23.02x.

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Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

1. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

2. Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG)

3. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

1. Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG)

2. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

3. Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA)

1. Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI)

2. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

3. Carscom (NYSE:CARS)

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