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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be paid 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 declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, October 25th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 9.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 5th. The company reported $2.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.28 by $0.03. The company earned $2.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.31% and a net margin of 1.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.11 earnings per share. 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.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's stock. Their predictions range from $55.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $74.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Group 1 Automotive.

6 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

Media headlines about GPI stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a news impact score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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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), L3 Technologies (LLL), General Electric (GE), Duke Energy (DUK), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AutoNation (AN), Alibaba Group (BABA), The Coca-Cola (KO), Lithia Motors (LAD) and Weyerhaeuser (WY).

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 (8.69%), 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Towle & Co., Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC, LSV Asset Management, Gotham Asset Management LLC, Tyvor Capital LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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 $62.06.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.19 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 14,108 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]