Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (GPI) Key Metrics
GPI valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $2.89B
- Enterprise value
- $8.56B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.1 10-yr median 7.6
- Forward P/E
- 5.7
- PEG ratio
- 0.29
- Price / sales
- 0.1 10-yr median 0.2
- Price / book
- 1.0 10-yr median 1.6
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.5 10-yr median 10.3
- Dividend yield
- 0.91% $2.20 a year
- Beta
- 0.92
GPI key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsGPI valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
GPI returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
GPI per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
GPI financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
GPI efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
GPI valuation history
GPI returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
GPI debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
GPI cash returned to shareholders
GPI price vs earnings per share
GPI key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $5.01B | $5.60B | $4.19B | $2.79B | $3.46B | $2.34B | $1.79B | $1.03B | $1.48B | $1.65B |
| Enterprise value | $10.85B | $10.80B | $8.02B | $6.09B | $6.29B | $4.92B | $5.10B | $4.06B | $4.38B | $4.36B |
| P/E ratio | 15.5 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 11.2 |
| Price / sales | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Price / book | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| Price / free cash flow | 13.4 | 25.3 | — | 6.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | — | 6.8 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 7.8 | 12.0 | 65.9 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 4.2 |
| EV / sales | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 |
| EV / free cash flow | 28.9 | 48.7 | — | 14.2 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 28.5 | 44.9 | — | 18.1 |
| Earnings yield | 6.5% | 8.9% | 14.4% | 26.9% | 16.0% | 12.3% | 9.7% | 15.4% | 14.4% | 8.9% |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.5% | 4.0% | −2.9% | 15.4% | 32.3% | 30.1% | 10.0% | 8.8% | −0.6% | 14.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 11.6% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 19.5% | 6.8% | 3.9% | 1.2% | 20.0% | 4.1% | 8.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $393.30 | $421.48 | $304.74 | $180.37 | $195.22 | $131.14 | $100.00 | $52.72 | $70.97 | $77.94 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $1,772.08 | $1,501.20 | $1,301.34 | $1,047.02 | $760.73 | $595.30 | $646.62 | $596.14 | $532.29 | $514.29 |
| Earnings per share | $25.41 | $37.52 | $43.80 | $48.50 | $31.15 | $16.09 | $9.70 | $8.11 | $10.21 | $6.95 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $50.63 | $35.15 | $4.62 | $37.82 | $71.07 | $45.23 | $20.68 | $11.90 | $9.92 | $18.78 |
| Free cash flow per share | $29.43 | $16.69 | −$8.88 | $27.78 | $62.97 | $39.43 | $9.99 | $4.65 | −$0.41 | $11.38 |
| Cash per share | $2.55 | $2.59 | $4.16 | $3.09 | $0.84 | $3.87 | $1.33 | $0.82 | $1.38 | $0.99 |
| Book value per share | $218.97 | $223.99 | $194.72 | $144.41 | $102.99 | $81.41 | $70.01 | $56.30 | $53.80 | $43.94 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$27.45 | −$2.39 | $23.39 | $3.83 | $0.72 | $12.34 | −$0.34 | −$6.57 | −$3.56 | −$10.93 |
| Dividends per share | $2.01 | $1.90 | $1.83 | $1.53 | $1.35 | $0.62 | $1.13 | $1.07 | $0.98 | $0.94 |
| Capex per share | $21.20 | $18.46 | $13.50 | $10.04 | $8.10 | $5.80 | $10.69 | $7.25 | $10.33 | $7.39 |
| Debt per share | $460.88 | $394.40 | $283.55 | $216.08 | $160.77 | $148.81 | $185.70 | $156.78 | $139.95 | $128.93 |
| Shares outstanding | 12.7M | 13.3M | 13.7M | 15.5M | 17.7M | 17.8M | 17.9M | 19.5M | 20.9M | 21.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −4.1% | −3.3% | −11.4% | −12.6% | −0.5% | −0.7% | −7.8% | −6.9% | −1.3% | −12.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.2% | 17.6% | 24.5% | 37.0% | 33.7% | 21.2% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 20.8% | 15.9% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 8.1% | 9.3% | 12.1% | 16.4% | 15.9% | 9.0% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.2% | 5.7% | 8.3% | 12.1% | 10.2% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 3.3% |
| Return on tangible assets | 4.5% | 7.3% | 11.1% | 16.6% | 14.0% | 7.4% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 4.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.7% | 1.1% | −0.7% | 2.7% | 8.3% | 6.6% | 1.5% | 0.8% | −0.1% | 2.2% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.99 | 0.94 | 0.11 | 0.78 | 2.28 | 2.81 | 2.13 | 1.47 | 0.97 | 2.70 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $5.87B | $5.24B | $3.89B | $3.35B | $2.85B | $2.65B | $3.33B | $3.05B | $2.92B | $2.73B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $32.5M | $34.4M | $57.2M | $47.9M | $14.9M | $69.0M | $23.8M | $15.9M | $28.8M | $21.0M |
| Net debt | $5.84B | $5.20B | $3.84B | $3.30B | $2.83B | $2.58B | $3.31B | $3.04B | $2.90B | $2.71B |
| Debt / equity | 2.10 | 1.76 | 1.46 | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.83 | 2.65 | 2.78 | 2.60 | 2.93 |
| Debt / assets | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.61 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.62 | 5.09 | 3.63 | 2.80 | 2.94 | 4.63 | 7.69 | 7.44 | 7.24 | 6.92 |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.03 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 1.05 |
| Quick ratio | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.24 |
| Interest coverage | 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Working capital | $259.5M | $100.5M | $285.6M | $63.9M | $122.6M | $161.5M | $94.0M | $15.8M | $130.7M | $97.5M |
| Invested capital | $8.63B | $8.18B | $6.51B | $5.54B | $4.66B | $4.03B | $4.56B | $4.13B | $4.02B | $3.64B |
| Tangible asset value | −$349.7M | −$31.7M | $321.3M | $59.4M | $12.7M | $219.7M | −$6.1M | −$127.9M | −$74.4M | −$231.4M |
| Net current asset value | −$3.90B | −$3.35B | −$2.31B | −$2.49B | −$2.26B | −$1.64B | −$1.80B | −$1.50B | −$1.42B | −$1.38B |
| Graham number | $353.85 | $434.83 | $438.06 | $396.99 | $268.68 | $171.67 | $123.62 | $101.35 | $111.18 | $82.87 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$446.04 | −$376.51 | −$262.48 | −$219.16 | −$173.52 | −$142.96 | −$166.18 | −$134.76 | −$117.96 | −$111.13 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $25.6M | $25.2M | $25.2M | $23.7M | $23.9M | $11.0M | $20.3M | $20.9M | $20.5M | $20.0M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $554.8M | $161.6M | $172.8M | $521.2M | $210.6M | $80.2M | $1.4M | $183.9M | $40.1M | $127.6M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 7.9% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 9.6% | 13.6% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 154.8% | 84.3% | — | 126.6% | 21.0% | 13.0% | 12.1% | 226.2% | — | 61.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 41.9% | 52.5% | 292.0% | 26.5% | 11.4% | 12.8% | 51.7% | 60.9% | 104.2% | 39.4% |
| Capex / depreciation | 2.23 | 2.17 | 2.02 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 1.36 | 2.68 | 2.10 | 3.73 | 3.06 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 11.3% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 11.0% | 11.0% | 10.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 14.3 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 51.5 | 50.3 | 40.8 | 33.4 | 41.6 | 68.9 | 69.5 | 66.7 | 65.8 | 66.6 |
| Days payables outstanding | 14.1 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 12.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 47.9 | 48.4 | 39.7 | 30.3 | 37.8 | 64.4 | 66.7 | 66.3 | 66.3 | 68.4 |
| Receivables turnover | 34.78 | 31.38 | 32.94 | 37.10 | 33.73 | 24.05 | 24.71 | 24.30 | 23.72 | 25.53 |
| Payables turnover | 25.93 | 26.98 | 30.09 | 28.03 | 24.86 | 18.51 | 20.78 | 23.73 | 24.65 | 29.20 |
| Inventory turnover | 7.09 | 7.26 | 8.95 | 10.91 | 8.76 | 5.30 | 5.25 | 5.48 | 5.55 | 5.48 |
| Asset turnover | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.47 | 2.60 | 2.49 | 1.99 | 2.19 | 2.35 | 2.38 | 2.46 |
| Average receivables | $649.0M | $635.4M | $542.6M | $437.2M | $399.8M | $440.8M | $469.3M | $477.4M | $469.0M | $426.5M |
| Average payables | $735.4M | $618.6M | $493.6M | $472.9M | $444.1M | $478.9M | $473.4M | $416.2M | $384.5M | $318.3M |
| Average inventory | $2.69B | $2.30B | $1.66B | $1.21B | $1.26B | $1.67B | $1.87B | $1.80B | $1.71B | $1.69B |
| Intangibles / total assets | 30.3% | 30.6% | 30.3% | 32.4% | 31.5% | 24.2% | 22.7% | 24.5% | 24.6% | 26.0% |
Computed from GPI's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 13, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
GPI valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Group 1 Automotive traded at 15.5 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 7.6. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 10.1 and the forward P/E is 5.7. Group 1 Automotive earned a return on equity of 11.2% and a return on invested capital of 8.1% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $5.9 billion of debt and $32.5 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $5.8 billion. It returned $580.4 million to shareholders: $25.6 million in dividends and $554.8 million in share buybacks, 155% of free cash flow. The share count fell 39.8% from 21.2M to 12.7M over 9 years.
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GPI key metrics FAQ
What is Group 1 Automotive's P/E ratio?
Group 1 Automotive's trailing P/E ratio is 10.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 5.7. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 15.5, compared with a 10-year median of 7.6.
What is Group 1 Automotive's EV/EBITDA?
Group 1 Automotive's enterprise value was 12.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $10.8 billion, EBITDA $881.9 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.5.
What is Group 1 Automotive's return on equity?
Group 1 Automotive's return on equity (ROE) was 11.2% in fiscal 2025: net income of $323.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $2.9 billion.
What is Group 1 Automotive's ROIC?
Group 1 Automotive's return on invested capital was 8.1% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Group 1 Automotive have?
Group 1 Automotive had total debt of $5.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.10 and $5.8 billion of net debt (6.62 times EBITDA).
What is Group 1 Automotive's dividend yield?
Group 1 Automotive's forward dividend yield is 0.91%. Group 1 Automotive paid $25.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.01 per share), a payout ratio of 7.9%.
Does Group 1 Automotive buy back its shares?
Yes. Group 1 Automotive spent $554.8 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −4.1% over the year, to 12.7M..
What is Group 1 Automotive's free cash flow yield?
Group 1 Automotive generated $374.9 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 7.5% on its market value at year-end ($5.0 billion).
What is Group 1 Automotive's current ratio?
Group 1 Automotive's current ratio was 1.08 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.08 times current liabilities.