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Shares of PEP Boys Rank the Lowest in Terms of Earnings Yield in the Automotive Retail Industry (PBY, MNRO, KMX, ORLY, AN)Dec 25, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Automotive Retail industry with the lowest 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.PEP Boys ranks lowest with a an earnings yield of 0.9%. Following is Monro Muffler with a an earnings yield of 4.4%. Carmax ranks third lowest with a an earnings yield of 4.7%. O'Reilly Automotive follows with a an earnings yield of 5.0%, and AutoNation rounds out the bottom five with a an earnings yield of 6.1%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of AutoNation on October 25th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $45.53. Since that call, shares of AutoNation have fallen 14.6%. 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 |