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, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 1st will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 28th. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, February 21st 2019, which allows the company to buyback $75,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 6.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The company reported $2.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.28 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $2.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.83 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 15.31%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.11 EPS. View Group 1 Automotive's Earnings History.

Group 1 Automotive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Group 1 Automotive.

7 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their predictions range from $55.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $74.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Group 1 Automotive.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Group 1 Automotive in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

Media stories about GPI stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (9.09%), LSV Asset Management (4.61%), Northern Trust Corp (4.14%), Towle & Co. (3.09%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.20%). 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 Mackenzie Financial Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, KBC Group NV, GSA Capital Partners LLP, First Trust Advisors LP and James Investment Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Group 1 Automotive company stock in the last year include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Frank Grese and Lincoln Pereira. View Insider Buying and Selling for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Towle & Co., Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, LSV Asset Management, Gotham Asset Management LLC, Tyvor Capital LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 $61.83.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.13 billion and generates $11.60 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $157.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.91 on an earnings per share basis. Group 1 Automotive employs 14,570 workers across the globe.

The official website for Group 1 Automotive is http://www.group1auto.com.

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]