Penske Automotive Group Inc vs Valvoline Inc

Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG) is fairly valued and Valvoline Inc (VVV) is overvalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, PAG trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +0%, against -172% for VVV.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.9% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $210.83; the price of $209.86 sits right on that value, and 80% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 30/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Valvoline Inc (VVV)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $10.54; the price of $28.67 is 172% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricPAGVVV
VerdictFairly valuedOvervalued
Price$209.86$28.67
Intrinsic value$210.83$10.54
Margin of safety+0%-172%
Leak Score30/100 (3/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$13.8B$3.7B
Revenue growth, 5 years9.2%-6.2%
Operating margin3.4%17.7%
Net margin2.8%5.2%
Return on equity15.6%28.4%
Debt to equity1.614.75
P/E15.4x36.3x
Forward P/E14.5x14.4x
P/B2.4x8.8x
Dividend yield2.0%

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