NYSE:PAG - Penske Automotive Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Penske Automotive Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Tuesday, June 4th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 17th. This is a positive change from Penske Automotive Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. View Penske Automotive Group's Dividend History.

Penske Automotive Group declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:PAG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 25th. The company reported $1.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $5.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.74 billion. Penske Automotive Group had a return on equity of 17.38% and a net margin of 2.05%. Penske Automotive Group's revenue for the quarter was down 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.26 earnings per share. View Penske Automotive Group's Earnings History.

Penske Automotive Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Penske Automotive Group.

5 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Penske Automotive Group's stock. Their predictions range from $50.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Penske Automotive Group's share price to reach $55.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Penske Automotive Group.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Penske Automotive Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Penske Automotive Group.

Headlines about PAG stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Penske Automotive Group earned a coverage optimism score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Penske Automotive Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.20%), LSV Asset Management (3.26%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.80%), BlackRock Inc. (2.37%), Morgan Stanley (0.81%) and Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.79%). Company insiders that own Penske Automotive Group stock include & Co Ltd Mitsui, Claude H Denker III, Corp Penske, H Brian Thompson, John Barr, John D Jr Carlson, Kimberly J Mcwaters, Robert H Kurnick Jr and Shane M Spradlin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Penske Automotive Group.

PAG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Strs Ohio and Fenimore Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Penske Automotive Group company stock in the last year include John Barr, Kimberly J Mcwaters and Shane M Spradlin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Penske Automotive Group.

PAG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dean Investment Associates LLC, Morgan Stanley, Man Group plc, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Penske Automotive Group stock in the last two years include Corp Penske and H Brian Thompson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Penske Automotive Group.

Shares of PAG 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 PAG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.44.

Penske Automotive Group has a market capitalization of $3.72 billion and generates $22.79 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $471 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.34 on an earnings per share basis. Penske Automotive Group employs 27,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Penske Automotive Group is http://www.penskeautomotive.com/.

Penske Automotive Group's mailing address is 2555 TELEGRAPH ROAD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI, 48302. The company can be reached via phone at 248-648-2500 or via email at [email protected]