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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 45th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
KAR	OPENLANE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.01B	$28.35	-0.98%	$437.20M	37.80x	2.28	United States
SAH	SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.60B	$76.14	-0.41%	$505.10M	16.41x	4.76	United States
CARG	CARGURUS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$3.74B	$37.88	-0.86%	$67.96M	99.68x	0.71	United States
CVNA	CARVANA CO	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$80.86B	$375.72	-4.81%	$1.44B	87.79x	4.19	United States
CARS	CARSCOM INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$777.28M	$12.36	1.56%	$198.21M	18.18x	1.21	United States
GPI	GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.80B	$447.86	0.49%	$1.03B	12.30x	2.26	United States
AN	AUTONATION INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.46B	$224.38	0.21%	$1.49B	13.90x	4.50	United States
CWH	CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.68B	$16.42	1.36%	$350.61M	-68.42x	13.73	United States
RUSHA	RUSH ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.02B	$51.70	-2.80%	$690.01M	13.94x	1.15	United States
DRVN	DRIVEN BRANDS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$2.57B	$15.65	-0.63%	$17.96M	-9.37x	4.76	United States
ABG	ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.98B	$253.39	0.74%	$1.06B	9.23x	1.68	United States
ACVA	ACV AUCTIONS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$1.74B	$10.12	0.20%	-$14.97M	-26.63x	1.54	United States
LAD	LITHIA MOTORS INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.23B	$320.96	0.03%	$2.09B	9.49x	2.46	United States
PAG	PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$11.51B	$174.29	-0.31%	$1.73B	12.13x	2.10	United States
CANG	CANGO INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$507.39M	$4.74	3.95%	N/A	N/A	0.71	China
KFS	KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$424.44M	$14.70	0.96%	$740.00k	-34.19x	9.87	Canada
CRMT	AMERICAS CARMART INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$253.23M	$30.59	6.18%	$93.86M	17.68x	1.85	United States
UXIN	UXIN LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$610.15M	$3.49	2.65%	N/A	N/A	-7.11	China
KMX	CARMAX INC	NYSE	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$6.82B	$46.42	0.76%	$1.12B	13.57x	3.37	United States
KXIN	KAIXIN HOLDINGS	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$8.67M	$0.70	0.72%	N/A	-0.03x	0.87	China
CTNT	CHEETAH NET SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICE INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$5.08M	$1.90	0.80%	-$4.49M	-0.82x	0.22	United States
GORV	LAZYDAYS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$10.01M	$2.68	11.20%	-$69.99M	-0.03x	6.67	United States
JZXN	JIUZI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$4.62M	$0.42	-5.41%	-$44.06M	-0.08x	0.31	China
RDNW	RIDENOW GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$164.39M	$4.32	-4.00%	-$38.20M	-1.43x	-152.55	United States
AZI	AUTOZI INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (GLOBAL) LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$25.62M	$0.22	4.19%	N/A	0.61x	-1.06	Cayman Islands
SDA	SUNCAR TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$243.26M	$2.37	0.42%	N/A	N/A	5.37	China
VRM	VROOM INC	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$136.23M	$26.20	1.87%	-$70.78M	-0.59x	5.45	United States
UCAR	U POWER LTD	NASDAQ	Auto & Truck Dealerships	$9.02M	$2.04	2.00%	-$38.01M	-0.12x	0.22	China

Auto & Truck Dealership Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto & truck dealership stocks to buy right now in Oct 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. Openlane (NYSE:KAR)

Openlane (NYSE:KAR) is the #1 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 Openlane (NYSE:KAR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

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

KAR passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Openlane has seen its stock return 76.64% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 59 percentage points.

Openlane has an average 1 year price target of $28.75, an upside of 1.41% from Openlane's current stock price of $28.35.

Openlane stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Openlane, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) 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 Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 18 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28.

SAH passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sonic Automotive has seen its stock return 37.31% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 19 percentage points.

Sonic Automotive has an average 1 year price target of $83.14, an upside of 9.2% from Sonic Automotive's current stock price of $76.14.

Sonic Automotive stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Sonic Automotive, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG)

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

Cargurus (NASDAQ:CARG) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 21 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28.

CARG passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cargurus has seen its stock return 30.4% over the past year, overperforming other auto & truck dealership stocks by 12 percentage points.

Cargurus has an average 1 year price target of $38.33, an upside of 1.2% from Cargurus's current stock price of $37.88.

Cargurus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Cargurus, 11.11% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 44.44% have issued a Buy, 44.44% 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. Camping World Holdings (NYSE:CWH)

Camping World Holdings (NYSE:CWH) has an annual dividend yield of 3.08%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.72%. 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 -210.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG)

Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) has an annual dividend yield of 2.86%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.72%. 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 33% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH)

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.88%, which is the same as the auto & truck dealership industry average of 1.72%. 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 29.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto & truck dealership stocks down?

Auto & truck dealership stocks were down -0.63% in the last day, and up 1.95% 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 43, which is 15 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Asbury Automotive Group's stock has gained 13.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by -5 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 43, which is 15 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Group 1 Automotive's stock has gained 23.1% in the past year. It has overperformed 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 43, which is 15 points higher than the auto & truck dealership industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lithia Motors's stock has gained 5.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto & truck dealership industry by -12 percentage points.

Are auto & truck dealership stocks a good buy now?

50% 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 8.23% 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), 68.42% are rated C (Hold), 15.79% 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 53.94x.

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