Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Company’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “GPI.” There were 39 holders of record of our common stock as of February 18, 2022. A substantially greater number of holders of our common stock are “street name” or beneficial holders, whose shares are held of record by banks, brokers and other financial institutions.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information with respect to shares of common stock repurchased by us during the three months ended December 31, 2021:
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in millions) (1)
October 1 — October 31, 2021 38,063 $ 182.07 38,063 $ 143.2
November 1 — November 30, 2021 555,876 $ 196.84 555,876 $ 149.9
December 1 — December 31, 2021 384,409 $ 196.67 384,409 $ 74.3
Total 978,348 978,348
(1) Our Board of Directors from time to time authorizes the repurchase of shares of our common stock up to a certain monetary limit. On November 17, 2021, our Board of Directors increased the Company’s share repurchase authorization by $116.1 million to $200.0 million. Our share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date.
Future share repurchases are subject to the business judgment of our Board of Directors, taking into consideration our historical and projected results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, capital requirements, covenant compliance, current economic environment and other factors considered relevant. As of December 31, 2021, we had $74.3 million available under our current stock repurchase authorization. Refer to Item 7 within this Form 10-K for additional information on share repurchases and authorization.
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Performance Graph
The following graph and table compares the performance of our common stock to the S&P 500 Index and to an industry peer group for our last five fiscal years. The members of the peer group are Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., AutoNation, Inc., Lithia Motors, Inc., Penske Automotive Group, Inc. and Sonic Automotive, Inc. The information contained in the table below was provided by Zack’s Investment Research, Inc.
The returns of each member of the peer group are weighted according to each member’s stock market capitalization. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the peer group was $100 on the last trading day of December 2016, and that all dividends were reinvested.
Base Period Indexed Returns for the Years Ended
Company /Index 12/31/2016 12/31/2017 12/31/2018 12/31/2019 12/31/2020 12/31/2021
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $ 100.00 $ 92.36 $ 69.68 $ 134.07 $ 176.88 $ 265.42
S&P 500 Index — Total Return $ 100.00 $ 121.83 $ 116.49 $ 153.17 $ 181.35 $ 233.41
Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 102.52 $ 80.05 $ 122.54 $ 179.73 $ 251.49
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