NYSE:GPI - Group 1 Automotive Stock Price, Price Target & More

Group 1 Automotive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPI."

Group 1 Automotive announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.16. The firm earned $2.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.47% and a net margin of 1.86%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.53 earnings per share. View Group 1 Automotive's Earnings History.

Group 1 Automotive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Group 1 Automotive.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their forecasts range from $62.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $81.8571 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

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News headlines about GPI stock have trended positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a media sentiment score of 0.36 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company an impact score of 45.50 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.53%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (8.06%), Northern Trust Corp (3.93%), LSV Asset Management (3.12%) and OppenheimerFunds Inc. (2.91%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Crescent Grove Advisors LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Burney Co., California Public Employees Retirement System, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Group 1 Automotive company stock in the last year include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Earl J Hesterberg, Frank Grese, J Terry Strange, John C Rickel and Peter C Delongchamps. View Insider Buying and Selling for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Abrams Capital Management L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., UBS Group AG, Foundry Partners LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Boston Partners and Chicago Equity Partners 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.73.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion and generates $11.12 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $213.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.73 on an earnings per share basis. Group 1 Automotive employs 14,108 workers across the globe.

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]