Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. Yesterday, Nov. 19, 2013, 167 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $93.28 to $173,250,000.00.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Group 1 Automotive (GPI) - FREE Research Report DeLongchamps Peter C who is VP, Financial Svcs/Mfr Rel at Group 1 Automotive sold 6,999 shares at $66.00 on Nov. 19, 2013. Following this transaction, the VP, Financial Svcs/Mfr Rel owned 47,895 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 12.75% with the 6,999 share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $65.98, down $0.02, or 0.03% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Group 1 Automotive go as follows:
- 12-Week # shares sold: 3,148
- 24-Week # shares sold: 5,540
The average volume for Group 1 Automotive has been 386,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Group 1 Automotive has a market cap of $1.6 billion and is part of the services sector and specialty retail industry. Shares are up 6.57% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the automotive retail industry. It sells new and used cars, light trucks, and vehicle parts. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 1.03%. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.7. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Group 1 Automotive a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
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buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
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