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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, September 17th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.22%. 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 of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 21st 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $75,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.74 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $3.01 billion for 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 business's quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their predictions range from $77.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's stock price to reach $86.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. 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.

Headlines about GPI stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Group 1 Automotive.

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Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.64%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.49%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Strs Ohio (0.06%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.05%) and Denali Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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 Strs Ohio and 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Denali Advisors LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Hexavest Inc., Flaharty Asset Management LLC and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. 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 $91.43.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.70 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]