Company Analysis

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG)

NYSE: ABG · Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.6● Present 5.3▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past6.625% of the headline
● Present5.345% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 79th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $18 billion in fiscal 2025, up 11.9% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.9%top 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.1%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.4% a year. 2% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 6 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 2% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 24% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 67%: owes 67¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 26 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 67 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 37% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 21 in its family; net margin 2.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of 2.7% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 5.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$18.00Btop 37% of its family
  • net margin2.7%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.3%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 29% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Clara, Daniel (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-06, 6 months (bottom 3% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.8 years (bottom 36%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 47%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.8 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $40 million against debt of $3.1 billion leaves -26.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.3% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 17.1% (bottom 47%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.3%bottom 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.3%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin17.1%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 29% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.3% a year over the last three filed years against 11.9% over all 10, slowing (top 45% of its family); the newest year grew 4.7% (top 40%); capital spending grew 38.5% a year (top 3%) (its annual reports). Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Dealerships at $18 billion (98%), TCA at $326 million (2%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.7 points a yeartop 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.7%top 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending38.5%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 39% of 21 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.8% below the $18 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $492 million against a prior three-year average of $677 million (bottom 36%); a net margin of 2.7% against 4.3% before (bottom 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.8%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-27%bottom 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.6 pointsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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