Financial Review: Acacia Diversified (OTCMKTS:ACCA) vs. Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG)

Acacia Diversified (OTCMKTS:ACCA) and Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Acacia Diversified and Asbury Automotive Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Acacia Diversified	0	0	0	0	0.00
Asbury Automotive Group	1	4	3	1	2.44

Asbury Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $251.14, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given Asbury Automotive Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Asbury Automotive Group is more favorable than Acacia Diversified.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Acacia Diversified and Asbury Automotive Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Acacia Diversified	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Asbury Automotive Group	$17.19 billion	0.28	$430.30 million	$27.38	8.95

Asbury Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Diversified.

Profitability

This table compares Acacia Diversified and Asbury Automotive Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Acacia Diversified	N/A	N/A	N/A
Asbury Automotive Group	3.13%	15.41%	5.38%

Summary

Asbury Automotive Group beats Acacia Diversified on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Acacia Diversified

Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. engages in the extraction and processing of high-CBD/low-THC content medical grade hemp oils from medical hemp plants in the United States. The company is also involved in the research and development of botanicals endocannabinoid nutraceuticals product line; and retail and wholesale distribution of medicinal hemp products and dietary supplements. In addition, it offers consumer products under the EUFLORIA brand name for the distribution channels. The company was formerly known as Acacia Automotive, Inc. and changed its name to Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. in October 2012. Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Clearwater, Florida.

About Asbury Automotive Group

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicles; and vehicle repair and maintenance services, replacement parts, and collision repair services. The company also provides finance and insurance products, including arranging vehicle financing through third parties; and aftermarket products, such as extended service contracts, guaranteed asset protection debt cancellation, prepaid maintenance, and disability and accident insurance. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Duluth, Georgia.