Group 1 Automotive (GPI) Competitors

Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) and Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAG or GPI?

Group 1 Automotive received 116 more outperform votes than Penske Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.17% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Group 1 Automotive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Penske Automotive Group	Outperform Votes 355 60.17%	Underperform Votes 235 39.83%
Group 1 Automotive	Outperform Votes 471 60.08%	Underperform Votes 313 39.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, PAG or GPI?

Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Group 1 Automotive has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PAG or GPI?

Penske Automotive Group presently has a consensus price target of $167.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.81%. Group 1 Automotive has a consensus price target of $454.43, indicating a potential upside of 2.68%. Given Group 1 Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Group 1 Automotive is more favorable than Penske Automotive Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Penske Automotive Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Group 1 Automotive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PAG or GPI?

77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Group 1 Automotive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PAG or GPI a better dividend stock?

Penske Automotive Group pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Group 1 Automotive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Penske Automotive Group pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Group 1 Automotive pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Penske Automotive Group has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Group 1 Automotive has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Penske Automotive Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer PAG or GPI?

In the previous week, Penske Automotive Group had 4 more articles in the media than Group 1 Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Penske Automotive Group and 5 mentions for Group 1 Automotive. Group 1 Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of 1.05 indicating that Group 1 Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Penske Automotive Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Group 1 Automotive	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, PAG or GPI?

Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Group 1 Automotive. Penske Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Group 1 Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Penske Automotive Group	$30.61B	0.37	$918.90M	$14.20	11.98
Group 1 Automotive	$20.97B	0.27	$498.10M	$35.62	12.43

Is PAG or GPI more profitable?

Penske Automotive Group has a net margin of 3.02% compared to Group 1 Automotive's net margin of 2.47%. Group 1 Automotive's return on equity of 18.09% beat Penske Automotive Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Penske Automotive Group	3.02%	18.05%	5.50%
Group 1 Automotive	2.47%	18.09%	5.64%

Summary

Penske Automotive Group and Group 1 Automotive tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.