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Operates new and used car dealerships across the US and UK, selling and servicing multiple vehicle brands.
Operates new and used car dealerships across the US and UK, selling and servicing multiple vehicle brands.
Parts and service gives the steadiest profit; finance and insurance commissions come from arranging loans and extended warranties for buyers; new vehicles are lower margin. Growth has come from buying dealerships in the US and UK.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Multi-brand, multi-country dealership scale gives purchasing and service-fixed-cost advantages.
Headquarters: Houston, Texas, US · Founded: 1997 · Employees: 20,452
Size Group 1 Automotive (GPI) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $3.12B, the 1518th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $261.35 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.0%, against +10.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 4.7% (peer median 8.5%).
Valuation It trades at 7.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.7 points above its cost of capital (6.8% WACC).
Credit Group 1 Automotive has 4 bonds outstanding ($2.50B), rated BB+ by the agencies and trading like BB at a weighted spread of 197 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 12.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.8B | $22.6B | $19.9B | $17.9B | $16.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +12% | +10% | — |
| Gross profit | $3.34B | $3.50B | $3.13B | $2.93B | $2.88B |
| EBITDA | $1.14B | $1.07B | $1.02B | $1.08B | $1.18B |
| Net income | $375M | $320M | $488M | $587M | $730M |
| Free cash flow | $250M | $375M | $222M | -$122M | $423M |
| Capital expenditure | $245M | $270M | $245M | $185M | $156M |
| Total debt | $6.23B | $5.87B | $5.24B | $3.89B | $3.35B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 Automotive GPI | $3.12B | -27% | -3% | 5% | 7.1× | -6.1% |
| Asbury Automotive ABG | $3.64B | +1% | -1% | 5% | 7.6× | -2.4% |
| Lithia Motors LAD | $6.68B | +5% | +1% | 4% | 8.0× | n/a |
| AutoNation AN | $5.88B | -11% | -2% | 5% | 8.3× | n/a |
| Sonic Automotive SAH | $1.95B | -24% | +2% | 3% | 9.3× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | GPI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +10.5% | +12.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -27.0% | +10.4% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.1% | -17.6% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.4% | +3.5% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 8.5% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 7.1× | 17.1× | cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -6.1% | 5.8% | 2nd least demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +16.3% | +4.7% | 5th highest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -22.4 pp | -3.3 pp | 3rd least demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.7 pp | +1.0 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.4× | 9.4× | 6th cheapest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.7× | 2.1× | 5th most indebted of 20 |
| Bond spread | 197 bp | 188 bp | 2nd widest of 4 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 Automotive GPI | United States | $3.12B | -27% | -3% | 5% | 7.1× | -6.1% | +16.3% |
| TRIAL Holdings.Inc 141A.T | Japan | $3.12B | +2% | +69% | 2% | 43.1× | 11.0% | +53.9% |
| Warby Parker WRBY | United States | $3.15B | -14% | +11% | 0% | 57.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Eagers Automotive APE.AX | Australia | $3.18B | -31% | +19% | 4% | 16.5× | 5.9% | +8.3% |
| MINISO 9896.HK | Hong Kong | $3.34B | -25% | +31% | 13% | 9.9× | 1.5% | +18.5% |
| Advance Auto Parts AAP | United States | $2.75B | -19% | -1% | 4% | 19.2× | 5.6% | -3.2% |
| Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart 600655.SS | China | $2.70B | -6% | -21% | -3% | 77.3× | 15.9% | -4.4% |
| Asbury Automotive ABG | United States | $3.64B | +1% | -1% | 5% | 7.6× | -2.4% | +20.3% |
| Bob's Discount Furniture BOBS | United States | $2.54B | +42% | +17% | 9% | 20.2× | 13.4% | +4.0% |
| RH RH | United States | $2.48B | -2% | +3% | 10% | 20.2× | 11.4% | +3.8% |
| Dunelm DNLM.L | United Kingdom | $2.44B | +24% | +3% | 12% | 11.7× | 2.4% | +6.4% |
| POYA International 5904.TWO | Taiwan | $2.38B | +65% | +13% | 17% | 18.7× | 0.7% | +7.6% |
| Academy Sports and Outdoors ASO | United States | $4.14B | +24% | +4% | 10% | 9.9× | -1.2% | +1.2% |
| Watches of Switzerland WOSG.L | United Kingdom | $2.34B | +43% | +11% | 10% | 14.1× | 14.5% | +15.1% |
| Bath & Body Works BBWI | United States | $4.31B | +8% | -2% | 15% | 8.3× | -8.8% | +2.5% |
| Signet Jewelers SIG | United States | $4.37B | +34% | +1% | 7% | 9.4× | -1.3% | +5.4% |
| Lalithaa Jewellery Mart LALITHAA.NS | India | $2.21B | n/a | +48% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lovisa LOV.AX | Australia | $2.18B | +32% | +18% | 18% | 27.8× | 21.9% | +26.7% |
| Endeavour EDV.AX | Australia | $4.48B | +10% | +1% | 4% | 21.4× | 14.9% | +1.0% |
| Super Retail SUL.AX | Australia | $2.14B | +22% | +3% | 9% | 13.8× | 6.7% | +4.0% |
| North West NWC.TO | Canada | $2.02B | +17% | +1% | 8% | 17.1× | -2.8% | +1.9% |
Group 1 Automotive has 4 bonds outstanding with $2.50B face value. The agencies rate it BB+; its bonds trade like BB. Weighted yield 6.55%, a spread of 197 bp over government bonds.