公司概述
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. operates within the automotive retail sector in the United States and the United Kingdom, generating revenue primarily through the sale of new and used vehicles, light trucks, as well as providing service and insurance contracts via its physical dealerships and digital platforms. The company is classified under the Consumer Cyclical sector within the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry, positioning it as a business whose performance is directly correlated with consumer discretionary spending and broader economic cycles. As of the latest data, the entity holds a market capitalization of $4.03B and reports a trailing twelve-month revenue of $22.57B, supported by a workforce comprising 20,452 employees. These financial figures indicate a substantial operational scale, with the market capitalization reflecting the aggregate market value of its equity while the revenue magnitude underscores its established footprint in the competitive dealership landscape.
财务健康
The company reported a total revenue of $22.57B and an EBITDA of $1.08B, yet the net income for the trailing twelve months stands at $320.00M, revealing a significant gap that highlights a cost structure where operating expenses and taxes consume the majority of pre-tax earnings. The firm generated free cash flow of $226.22M, which provides essential liquidity for capital expenditures and operational continuity without relying on external financing. Margin analysis shows a gross margin of 16.0%, indicating the portion of revenue remaining after direct vehicle costs, an operating margin of 3.9% that reflects profitability after overhead expenses, and a net profit margin of 1.4% representing the final earnings available to shareholders. On the balance sheet, cash holdings of $37.40M are contrasted against total debt of $5.87B, resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of 210.47, which characterizes the company as highly leveraged rather than conservative. The current ratio of 1.08 suggests that current assets barely exceed current liabilities, indicating tight short-term liquidity conditions that require careful cash management. Furthermore, the return on equity is 11.2% and the return on assets is 5.9%, metrics that demonstrate management's effectiveness in generating returns from the shareholders' equity and the total asset base, respectively, despite the high leverage.
估值评估
The trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 13.46, while the forward P/E ratio is projected at 7.12, implying that the market expects a significant expansion in future earnings relative to current profitability levels. The price-to-book ratio stands at 1.44, indicating that the stock trades at a moderate premium above its book value, suggesting the market values the brand and network beyond the net asset worth. Alternative valuation metrics include a price-to-sales ratio of 0.18 and an EV/EBITDA of 9.11, figures that suggest the company is valued on a multiple of sales and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization that is generally consistent with capital-intensive retail sectors. The stock has traded within a 52-week range bounded by a high of $488.39 and a low of $292.44, providing context for the current trading price relative to its historical volatility extremes. The beta of 0.88 indicates that the stock price exhibits lower volatility than the broader market, moving less aggressively than the overall index during periods of market fluctuation.
Growth & Income
Revenue growth for the year-over-year period is recorded at 0.6%, while earnings growth is negative at -50.2%, revealing that earnings are declining significantly faster than revenue, which points to potential compression in margins or one-time charges impacting profitability. The company pays a dividend with a yield of 0.7% and maintains a payout ratio of 8.0%, indicating that the dividend is paid from a small fraction of earnings, which theoretically allows for sustainability even during periods of earnings contraction. Given the negative earnings growth, the low payout ratio ensures that the dividend is not strained by current profitability, though the overall growth profile is currently constrained by the sharp decline in net income. Overall, the company presents a low-growth, low-dividend income profile characterized by stable cash flows but facing significant headwinds in earnings expansion relative to top-line revenue performance.