-- 獨立研究機構CFRA向提供了以下研究報告。 CFRA分析師的觀點摘要如下：Penske Automotive (PAG)公佈的第一季調整後每股盈餘為3.05美元，高於市場預期的3.59美元（下降15%），也高於市場普遍預期的2.88美元。業績超預期主要得益於營收成長強勁，營收下降1.1%至78.6億美元（較市場預期高出1.5億美元），毛利率下降10個基點至16.5%（較市場預期低10個基點）。銷量下滑是營收下降的主要原因，汽車銷量下降2.8%至123,173輛。值得注意的是，匯率波動為PAG帶來了顯著的營收成長（約2.28億美元），這主要得益於PAG的國際業務，尤其是英國市場（約佔總營收的30%）。 PAG在第一季回購了17萬股股票，耗資2,640萬美元（約佔已發行股份總數的1.8%）。管理層還在2月完成了對多家經銷商的收購，預計將為公司帶來4.5億美元的年化收入。我們認為，這是一份穩健的財報，因為儘管汽車經銷商產業面臨諸多挑戰，PAG的獲利仍超乎預期。該股在盤前交易中上漲了3%。與其他美國大型汽車經銷商相比，PAG在美國以外的業務佔比更高，這也有助於提升業績。
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