All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-05-15.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-05-15) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $20 billion in fiscal 2016 to $32 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 3.8% a year. 41% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 41% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Penske Automotive Group, Inc. earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 68 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 28% of 21 in its family; net margin 2.9%.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $32 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 7% by size; a net margin of 2.9% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 4.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 5% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Penske, Roger S (Chair & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-03-09, 20.7 years (top 3% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.5 years (top 8%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 3%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 49% of 20 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $65 million against debt of $1.8 billion leaves -9.9% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2% of revenue (bottom 45%); a gross margin of 16.4% (bottom 41%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 46% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.6% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (top 17% of its family); the newest year grew -0.2% (bottom 36%); capital spending grew 4.7% a year (bottom 42%) (its annual reports). Penske Automotive Group, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Retail Automotive Dealership at $27 billion (86%), Retail Commercial Truck Dealership at $3.4 billion (11%), Commercial Vehicle Distribution and Other at $923 million (3%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 47% of 21 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $32 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.7% below the $34 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 40% of its family); net income of $935 million against a prior three-year average of $1.2 billion (top 40%); a net margin of 2.9% against 3.9% before (top 40%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made