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 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 31st. View Group 1 Automotive's Dividend History.

Group 1 Automotive declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 26th. The company reported $2.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.14 by $0.31. The firm had revenue of $2.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.92 billion. Group 1 Automotive had a return on equity of 15.73% and a net margin of 1.97%. Group 1 Automotive's quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.87 EPS. View Group 1 Automotive's Earnings History.

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

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Group 1 Automotive's stock. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Group 1 Automotive's stock price to reach $83.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Group 1 Automotive.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Group 1 Automotive in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Group 1 Automotive.

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Media stories about GPI stock have trended positive on Tuesday, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Group 1 Automotive earned a coverage optimism score of 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 46.40 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Group 1 Automotive.

Group 1 Automotive's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.92%), LSV Asset Management (3.13%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (3.14%), Abrams Capital Management L.P. (2.30%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.86%). 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 Bank of America Corp DE, BlackRock Inc., Abrams Capital Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tyvor Capital LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Foundry Partners LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Towle & Co., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Strs Ohio. 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 $80.68.

Group 1 Automotive has a market capitalization of $1.56 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]