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

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 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, September 17th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 30th. This is a boost from Group 1 Automotive's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, February 21st 2019, which permits the company to buyback $75,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.74 by $0.09. The firm earned $3.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.92 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.90% and a net margin of 1.31%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.45 earnings per share. View Group 1 Automotive's Earnings History.

Group 1 Automotive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Group 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $86.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Group 1 Automotive.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Group 1 Automotive in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

Media coverage about GPI stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Group 1 Automotive.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Group 1 Automotive investors own include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Emerson Electric (EMR), General Electric (GE), Corning (GLW), The Coca-Cola (KO), L3 Technologies (LLL), TAL Education Group (TAL) and Union Pacific (UNP).

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.05%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%), Alpha Windward LLC (0.03%), Hexavest Inc. (0.02%) and Flaharty Asset Management LLC (0.01%). 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, John L Adams, Lincoln Pereira, Michael David Jones 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 Alpha Windward LLC. Company insiders that have sold Group 1 Automotive company stock in the last year include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Frank Grese, John C Rickel, John L Adams, Michael David Jones and Peter C Delongchamps. View Insider Buying and Selling for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Hexavest Inc. and Flaharty Asset Management LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.87.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.69 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.View Additional Information About Group 1 Automotive.

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]