Group 1 Automotive

GPI

Market cap $3.88B

HOUSTON, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) ("Group 1" or the "Company"), a Fortune 250 automotive retailer with 257 dealerships located in the U.S. and U.K., today announced its board of directors has approved an increase in the 2026 annual dividend rate to $2.20 per share.  This represents an increase of 10%, or $0.20, from the 2025 annual dividend rate of $2.00 per share.

Group 1 Automotive (GPI) is well positioned to outperform the market, as it exhibits above-average growth in financials.

Group 1 Automotive posts Q4 EPS miss as profits fall, but revenues edge higher year over year on gains in used vehicles and parts and service.

Group 1 Automotive (GPI) has become technically an oversold stock now, which implies exhaustion of the heavy selling pressure on it. This, combined with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher, indicates a potential trend reversal for the stock in the near term.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (GPI) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Although the revenue and EPS for Group 1 Automotive (GPI) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Group 1 Automotive (GPI) came out with quarterly earnings of $8.49 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $10.02 per share a year ago.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Besides Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates for Group 1 Automotive (GPI), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended December 2025.

Group 1 Automotive (GPI) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.