← BackASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC · Auto Dealers & Gasoline StationsABG
Low riskNext report: Around Feb 4, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Buying back shares: share count down 13% in 3 years
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 2.3% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (167 bought, 155 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$173.09+0.3% that day
- Company value
- $3.1B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 6.5x
- You pay about $6 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.17x
- Company value is 0.17 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 1%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 100%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ABG's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$4.4B+0.3% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $18.0B, up 4.1% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 20% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.13.3%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.79x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.2.7%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$775.2M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-12.5% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.17.1%
- Revenue
- $18.0B
- +4.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +20.3%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $3.1B
- 0.79x equity
- Current ratio
- 0.95x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 27Before open7:02 am ET - Revenue
- $4.4B
- -8.1% YoY
- Op. margin
- 4.7%
- -0.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 16.6%
- -0.1 pts
From the press release, checked against last year's SEC filing. Cash flow and share count update with the 10-Q.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 2
- Normal week
- 0.9
- vs normal
- 2.3x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-2.3%Institutions cut 2.3% from their holdings. 167 bought, 155 sold. 7 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions19.2M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-4.4%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.8x · $3.0B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
18MNext reportAround Feb 4, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 27
- Results filedJul 28
- Results filedApr 28
- Results filedFeb 5
- Results filedOct 28, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.