[May 27, 2012] Highest Earnings Yield in the Automotive Retail Industry Detected in Shares of TravelCenters of America (TA, LAD, SAH, ABG, CRMT) Tweet May 27, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Automotive Retail industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.TravelCenters of America ranks highest with a an earnings yield of 26.6%. Following is Lithia Motors with a an earnings yield of 9.7%. Sonic Automotive ranks third highest with a an earnings yield of 9.7%. Asbury Automotive follows with a an earnings yield of 8.7%, and America's Car-Mart rounds out the top five with a an earnings yield of 7.9%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of TravelCenters of America on April 10th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $5.79. Since that call, shares of TravelCenters of America have fallen 24.6%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]