Penske Corporation and Mitsui & Co. are buying Penske Automotive
PAG's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 16. Buying reached its highest in 20 days (2 chart checks started).
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Up 8.8% on Oct 15, and still 9% over its Oct 14 close.
“Penske Automotive Group Announces Agreement to be Taken Private by Penske Corporation and Mitsui & Co.”
| The chart | Its calmest 3 weeks in 6 months |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Oct 29 |
Penske Automotive Group to go private in $16.3B deal
PAG closed +8.8% that day on 8.6x normal volume.
Fri Nov 13: Ex-dividend, $1.46 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 1.
After its last 4 reports it closed +0.2% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 8 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
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Share count against a year before: PAG -0.5%, ABG -7.7%, SAH -7.6%, GPI -7.2%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 10, before the open (in 92 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $8.4B, 5% more than a year ago.
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Automotive Dealership | $7B | $7.3B | $6.9B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 29)
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 9.2% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $5.84 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
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| Oct 28, 2026 | +0.2% | -0.1% | +0.0% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | -0.9% | -1.3% | -3.4% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -0.2% | -0.1% | -1.1% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $32B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 60.8, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 77% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $5.84 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $383M a year |
| Free cash flow | $498M |
| Record | Raised each of the last 6 years |
2 insiders sold $496K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: PAG is under 0.1% of SCHD, under 0.1% of DGRO, and under 0.1% of VYM, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jul 31 to Aug 31, 2026.
Penske Automotive Group operates in 19 US states and overseas. It has about 150 US and Puerto Rico light-vehicle stores as well as 219 franchised dealerships overseas, primarily in the United Kingdom but also in Australia, Germany, Italy, and Japan. The company is the third-largest US publicly traded dealership in terms of light-vehicle revenue and sells more than 40 brands, with over 90% of retail automotive revenue coming from luxury and import names. Other segments are service and finance and insurance. The firm's Premier Truck Group owns 45 truck dealerships selling mostly Freightliner and Western Star brands. Penske owns 15 used-vehicle stores, mostly in the US and UK under the CarShop (US) and Sytner Select (UK) brands. Penske is based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
“We believe that our dealerships are competitive in all of these areas.”
PAG scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It has 8 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 8.8% on Oct 15, and still 9% over its Oct 14 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
PAG scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind PAG's 16.
2 insiders sold $496K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Michelle Hulgrave, EVP & CFO, who sold $258K on Jun 2. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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