Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: US3989051095
USD
299.90
-1.01 (-0.34%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Group 1 Automotive, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 16.42%
2
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 20.53%
3
Negative results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 15.72%
4
With ROCE of 11.92%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.70 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 0.51%, its profits have fallen by -13.7%
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 0.51% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (S&P 500) returns of 14.11%
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Group 1 Automotive, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Retailing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Group 1 Automotive, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
-22.15%
1.19
34.69%
S&P 500
20.12%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
15.77%
EBIT Growth (5y)
13.06%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.18
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.38
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.64
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.65
Tax Ratio
24.56%
Dividend Payout Ratio
7.96%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
16.42%
ROE (avg)
25.90%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
17
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.87
EV to EBIT
14.35
EV to EBITDA
12.81
EV to Capital Employed
1.71
EV to Sales
0.64
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
30.78%
ROCE (Latest)
11.90%
ROE (Latest)
16.81%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 644.9 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 34.78

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 14.17%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.19% (YoY

-16What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 153.93 MM has Grown at -37.92%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 11.1%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 321.33

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 63.3 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 209.31 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.09 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 247.1 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 4.43 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 138.6 MM

Here's what is working for Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 644.9 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 34.78 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 14.17%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.19% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

Net Profit
At USD 153.93 MM has Grown at -37.92%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 321.33
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 247.1 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 4.43 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 138.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 138.6 MM has Fallen at -20.31%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 173.92 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Lowest at USD 63.3 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 209.31 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 7.09 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio