Penske Outdoes Expectations – Analyst Blog
Zacks Market Commentaries (November 3rd, 2009) Writes:
Penske Automotive (PAG) posted a net income of $30.9 million or 34 cents per share from continuing operations in the third quarter. With this, the Michigan-based second leading automotive retailer in the U.S. exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 27 cents per share. When compared to the year ago level, net income reflects a rise of 16% from $26.6 million or 21% from 28 cents per share in the third quarter of last year.
Total revenue dipped 13% to $2.59 billion. New Vehicle witnessed a steeper 14% decline in revenue to $1.34 billion compared to Used Vehicle (5% to $673 million). Total retail revenues slipped 10.4%, driven by weakness in the U.S. market. Same-store retail revenues fell 12.4% to $2.34 million. Excluding exchange rate fluctuations, total same-store retail revenues declined 8%, including 3.5% for service and parts revenues.
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