Group 1 Automotive (GPI)

• Market cap: $6.11B
• 1 day: 0.40%
• 5 days: 5.51%
• 1 month: 10.97%
• 3 months: 8.80%
• 6 months: 2.54%
• Year to date: 13.45%
• 1 year: 27.89%
• 5 years: 433.60%
• 10 years: 433.60%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships

About: Group 1 owns and operates 39 collision centers and 260 automotive dealerships in the US and the UK, offering 35 brands of automobiles altogether. Slightly over half of the stores are in the US with locations mostly in metropolitan areas in 17 states in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and California. Texas alone contributed 33.5% of new-vehicle unit volume in 2024 and the UK 22.6%. Texas, Massachusetts, and California combined was 48.5%. Revenue in 2024 totaled $19.9 billion. The August 2024 Inchcape UK deal adds about $2.7 billion of annual revenue and 54 stores. The firm entered the UK in 2007 and has 116 stores and about one-third of its new vehicle unit volume there. Group 1 was founded in 1995 and is based in Houston.

Employees: 20,413

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

1,496% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $257M | Put options by funds: $16.1M

69% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 36

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5B [Q1] → $5.45B (+$450M) [Q2]

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 407 [Q1] → 423 (+16) [Q2]

3.21% less ownership

Funds ownership: 99.73% [Q1] → 96.52% (-3.21%) [Q2]

13% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 145 | Existing positions reduced: 166

29% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q1] → 5 (-2) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $425 10% downside
• Avg. target: $492 4% upside
• High target: $565 20% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Morgan Stanley Adam Jonas	3% upside $485	Overweight Maintained	14 Aug 2025
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta	10% downside $425	Neutral Maintained	5 Aug 2025
B of A Securities John Murphy	20% upside $565	Buy Maintained	16 Jun 2025