“Depreciation increased from 2023 to 2024 due to a $12.4 million, or 8.9%, increase in same-store depreciation due to capital expenditures, coupled with a $5.2 million increase from net dealership acquisitions.”10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
PAG
Market read
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 4 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- PAG's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if PAG's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 4 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- PAG's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
No qualifying supportive evidence was identified.
- Latest annual revenue changed -0.2% year over year.
- P/E is 22% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 80% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
216.56Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Other interest expense decreased from 2023 to 2024 due to decreases in average revolver borrowing amounts outstanding under our credit agreements, partially offset by increases in applicable rates throughout much of the year.”10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
“We believe the decrease in our PTS equity earnings is primarily due to the prolonged recessionary freight rate environment, which negatively impacted demand for its transactional products.”10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
“Excluding $1.3 million of unfavorable foreign currency fluctuations, gross profit increased 8.5% primarily due to an increase in higher value power generation units sold and higher margin service and parts sales.”10-K · Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 0.5× · EV/sales 0.5×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for PAG. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for PAG. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind PAG
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
TMToyota Motor CorporationsupplierFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“We also have a revolving mortgage facility with Toyota Motor Credit Corporation in the U.S.”
Depended on by
CARAvis Budget Group, Inc.competitorFeb 19, 2026 ▾
“Our Budget Truck operations in the United States competes with several other local, regional and nationwide truck rental companies including U-Haul International, Inc., Penske Truck Leasing Corporation, Ryder System, Inc., Enterprise Truck Rental, and Hertz G…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
PAG is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Auto Dealerships. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.