NYSE:GPIGroup 1 Automotive Stock Price, Forecast & News

Group 1 Automotive's stock was trading at $61.07 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GPI shares have increased by 3.1% and is now trading at $62.94. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Group 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.34. The firm earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.57 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a net margin of 1.38% and a return on equity of 16.32%. The firm's revenue was down 4.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.06 earnings per share. View Group 1 Automotive's earnings history.

Group 1 Automotive announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a boost from Group 1 Automotive's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29. View Group 1 Automotive's dividend history.

Group 1 Automotive declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, February 21st 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $75,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Group 1 Automotive's shares. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's share price to reach $95.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Group 1 Automotive.

Headlines about GPI stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutGroup 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,770,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the April 30th total of 2,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 361,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.7 days. Approximately 16.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Group 1 Automotive's Current Options Chain.

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

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.48%), Eminence Capital LP (8.68%), State Street Corp (3.59%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (3.55%), Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (1.87%) and Foundry Partners LLC (1.67%). Company insiders that own Group 1 Automotive stock include Darryl M Burman, Daryl Kenningham, Earl J Hesterberg, Frank Grese, John C Rickel, John L Adams, Lincoln Pereira, Max P Watson, 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 Towle & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp, UBS Group AG, WINTON GROUP Ltd, KBC Group NV, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. 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, John C Rickel, John L Adams, Lincoln Pereira, Max P Watson, and Peter C Delongchamps. View insider buying and selling activity for Group 1 Automotive.

GPI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Nuveen Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Matarin Capital Management LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, and BlackRock Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $62.94.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion and generates $12.04 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $174 million in net income (profit) each year or $10.93 on an earnings per share basis. Group 1 Automotive employs 15,296 workers across the globe.

The official website for Group 1 Automotive is 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]