SeekingAlpha · Oct 2, 2026
Group 1 Automotive's Bumpy Ride Isn't Over (Rating Downgrade)
Group 1 Automotive (GPI) stock is downgraded to Hold as auto retail weakens and debt rises. Read here for a detailed investment analysis.
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NYSE · GPI
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
$249.84
Down-$14.08 (-5.63%)
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 1:49 PM
SID Score
4.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.53B
- P/E ratio
- 14.53
- Dividend yield
- 0.80%
- 52-week range
- $234.05 – $461.27
- Volume
- 250.66K
- Avg. volume
- 230.91K
Price performance · GPI
GPI price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 2, 2026
GPI closed at $249.84 after 19 trading sessions, down 11.28% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $249.84
- Period change
- -11.28%
- Period low
- $240.44
- Period high
- $287.72
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | $260.02 | $261.68 | $249.00 | $249.84 | 250.66K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $241.84 | $257.07 | $234.05 | $256.70 | 320.37K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $242.98 | $245.245 | $237.11 | $240.44 | 354.51K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $244.06 | $245.45 | $235.11 | $240.93 | 380.84K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $250.32 | $251.465 | $239.18 | $242.23 | 431.05K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $249.82 | $253.90 | $246.975 | $252.18 | 261.99K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $247.96 | $252.91 | $246.42 | $247.79 | 352.59K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $253.20 | $256.60 | $247.51 | $247.51 | 187.71K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $255.50 | $256.91 | $250.01 | $253.75 | 190.44K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $247.36 | $254.91 | $247.36 | $250.87 | 214.19K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $253.20 | $253.20 | $246.21 | $246.42 | 501.16K |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $266.67 | $273.67 | $251.32 | $254.95 | 340.81K |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $275.64 | $275.795 | $260.23 | $262.22 | 234.95K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $281.94 | $282.639 | $275.07 | $275.45 | 153.55K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $282.08 | $286.24 | $279.21 | $284.01 | 181.71K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $286.15 | $286.39 | $277.645 | $278.27 | 121.44K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $287.11 | $289.02 | $278.70 | $281.84 | 218.07K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $281.53 | $288.13 | $279.57 | $287.72 | 274.81K |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $296.25 | $300.73 | $281.41 | $281.60 | 257.96K |
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Company profile
Group 1 owns and operates 35 collision centers and 259 automotive dealerships in the US and the UK, offering 36 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 113 stores and about 30% of its new vehicle unit volume there. Group 1 was founded in 1995 and is based in Houston.
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- $485.00
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Citigroup | Buy | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
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Benzinga · Sep 28, 2026
Citigroup Maintains Buy on Group 1 Automotive, Lowers Price Target to $357
Citigroup analyst Michael Ward maintains Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $387 to $357.
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