02:45 PM EST, 01/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

We lower our 12-month target by $35 to $385, based on a 2027 P/E of 8.0x, a justified premium to GPI's 10-year average forward P/E of 7.7x. We maintain our adjusted EPS estimates of $44.40 for 2026 and $48.40 for 2027. After an uncharacteristically weak earnings release, we are maintaining a Hold on shares of GPI. Heading into the release, GPI's quarterly earnings had beat more than 90% of the time over the past eight years, but a sizeable Q4 miss on disappointing sales and ongoing concerns regarding its underperforming U.K. dealerships cause us to remain at a Hold. On the positive side, GPI continues to aggressively return cash to shareholders through more dividends and buybacks, retiring more than 10% of total shares outstanding in 2025. In short, we prefer other auto dealership equities at current levels and think GPI's U.K. division (26% of total revenue and 22% of total gross margin in 2025) could continue to act as a drag on near-term results.