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, August 15th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 30th. This is a positive change from Group 1 Automotive's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, February 21st 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $75,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $2.83 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.74 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.92 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.90% and a net margin of 1.31%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $104.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's stock price to reach $85.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%. 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.

Press coverage about GPI stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several 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), The Coca-Cola (KO), L3 Technologies (LLL), TAL Education Group (TAL), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) and eBay (EBAY).

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.92%), Eminence Capital LP (5.36%), LSV Asset Management (4.74%), Northern Trust Corp (4.30%), Towle & Co. (3.19%) and Morgan Stanley (2.40%). 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, 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 Tyvor Capital LLC, Eminence Capital LP, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Group 1 Automotive company stock in the last year include Daryl Kenningham, Frank Grese, 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 Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., 361 Capital LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Foundry Partners LLC and Hussman Strategic Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $86.86.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.61 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]