NYSE:GPI - Group 1 Automotive Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Group 1 Automotive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPI."

Group 1 Automotive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 31st. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The company reported $2.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.14 by $0.31. The company had revenue of $2.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.92 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.73% and a net margin of 1.97%. Group 1 Automotive's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.87 EPS. View Group 1 Automotive's Earnings History.

Group 1 Automotive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Group 1 Automotive.

9 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $83.1429 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Group 1 Automotive.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Group 1 Automotive in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

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Headlines about GPI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 46.88 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Group 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.92%), LSV Asset Management (3.13%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (3.14%), Abrams Capital Management L.P. (2.30%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.86%). Company insiders that own Group 1 Automotive stock include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Earl J Hesterberg, Frank Grese, J Terry Strange, John C Rickel, Lincoln Pereira and Peter C Delongchamps. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, BlackRock Inc., Abrams Capital Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Group 1 Automotive company stock in the last year include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Earl J Hesterberg, Frank Grese, J Terry Strange, John C Rickel and Peter C Delongchamps. View Insider Buying and Selling for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tyvor Capital LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Foundry Partners LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Towle & Co., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Group 1 Automotive.

Shares of GPI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.35.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion and generates $11.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $213.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.73 on an earnings per share basis. Group 1 Automotive employs 14,108 workers across the globe.

Group 1 Automotive's mailing address is 800 GESSNER SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX, 77024. The company can be reached via phone at 713-647-5700 or via email at [email protected]