Group 1 Automotive
About: Group 1 owns and operates 39 collision centers and 258 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 to bring the UK store count to 114. The firm entered the UK in 2007. Group 1 was founded in 1995 and is based in Houston.
Employees: 20,413
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
52% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $114M | Put options by funds: $75.1M
26% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 53 | Existing positions closed: 42
14% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q3] → 8 (+1) [Q4]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.3B [Q3] → $5.75B (+$448M) [Q4]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 372 [Q3] → 378 (+6) [Q4]
0.98% less ownership
Funds ownership: 103.46% [Q3] → 102.48% (-0.98%) [Q4]
13% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 124 | Existing positions reduced: 143
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 55% 1-year accuracy 24 / 44 met price target | 13%upside $435 | Overweight Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Stephens & Co. Jeff Lick 36% 1-year accuracy 4 / 11 met price target | 19%upside $460 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about GPI published over the past 30 days
