Group 1 Automotive, Inc
boothcheck covers Group 1 Automotive, Inc (GPI) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 26, 2026.
- This is a value-supported name, not a growth bet. At about $312.95 the asset-based methods land roughly on the price near $298 to $377, while the relative and growth methods land well above, between $444 and $933, putting the central blended read near $444. - The balance sheet is being used aggressively for buybacks: the share count has shrunk at about 8% a year, and in the quarter the company repurchased roughly $72 million of stock at an average of $353 per share, above the current price. -
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365 institutional managers reported holding GPI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 33 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 943k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 8% of shares outstanding (5.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
GPI has cut its share count 33.2% over the past five years, spending $1.67B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (15 and counting), raised 5 years straight; the current rate is $2.00 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $69.90M in dividends and $895.60M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at GPI over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
GPI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-17 | +0.1% | -4.6% |
| 2023-04-29 | +1.6% | +15.0% |
| 2023-07-29 | +0.7% | +5.8% |
| 2023-10-28 | +7.1% | +22.2% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
GPI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-11 (items 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-07-30 (items 1.01, 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-15 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-15 (items 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 26, 2026
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