Penske Automotive Group (PAG) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Penske Automotive Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" PAG shares.
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4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Penske Automotive Group's stock. Their PAG share price forecasts range from $107.00 to $205.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $166.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price.
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Penske Automotive Group's stock was trading at $114.93 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, PAG shares have increased by 40.3% and is now trading at $161.22.
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Penske Automotive Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,950,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the July 31st total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 390,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 10.1 days. Currently, 21.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:PAG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $4.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.98 by $0.43. The business earned $7.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.20 billion. Penske Automotive Group had a net margin of 4.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.07%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.93 earnings per share.

Penske Automotive Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 9th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.66.
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Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, PAG will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.41% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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60 employees have rated Penske Automotive Group Chief Executive Officer Roger Penske on Glassdoor.com. Roger Penske has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Roger Penske in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Penske Automotive Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.85%), LSV Asset Management (2.17%), BlackRock Inc. (1.76%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (1.52%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.67%) and State Street Corp (0.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Claude H Denker III, John Barr, John D Jr Carlson, Kimberly J Mcwaters, Michelle Hulgrave, Robert H Kurnick Jr, Roger S Penske and Shane M Spradlin.
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Shares of PAG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PAG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $161.22.

Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) has a market capitalization of $10.85 billion and generates $27.81 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $17.54 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 41,500 workers across the globe.

Penske Automotive Group's mailing address is 2555 TELEGRAPH ROAD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI, 48302. The official website for the company is www.penskeautomotive.com. The company can be reached via phone at (248) 648-2500, via email at tpordon@penskeautomotive.com, or via fax at 248-648-2525.