For the quarter ended June 2025, Penske Automotive (PAG) reported revenue of $7.66 billion, down 0.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.78, compared to $3.61 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.87 billion, representing a surprise of -2.63%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +6.18%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.56.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Penske performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Retail Automotive Gross Profit Per Vehicle Retailed - New Vehicles: $5,443.00 compared to the $5,125.47 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Retail Commercial Truck Revenue Per Vehicle Retailed - New Vehicles: $141,345.00 compared to the $138,729.90 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Retail Automotive Units - Used Retail: 54,999 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 62,109.
- Retail Automotive Revenue Per Vehicle Retailed - New Vehicles: $61,340.00 versus $56,292.94 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive- New Vehicles: $2.94 billion versus $3.13 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.8% change.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive- Fleet and Wholesale: $358.1 million versus $376.45 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.3% change.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive- Service and Parts: $816.6 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $791.44 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8.5%.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive- Finance and Insurance, Net: $200.5 million compared to the $208.12 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive- Used Vehicles: $2.2 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.27 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.3%.
- Revenue- Retail Automotive: $6.52 billion versus $6.78 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.5% change.
- Revenue- Retail Commercial Truck: $943.6 million versus $906.79 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.8% change.
- Revenue- Commercial Vehicle Distribution and Other: $201.2 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $195.44 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.5%.
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Shares of Penske have returned -5.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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