** Shares of new and used car and truck dealer Group 1
Automotive Inc GPI.N gains 1.9% at $165.99 in morning trade as
co reports Q3 profit above estimates
** Co reports adj EPS of $11.91 vs estimates of $11.30;
revenue $4.2 bln vs consensus view of $4.02 bln, according to
IBES estimates from Refinitiv urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPnfGpyMa
** Co has beaten EPS estimates for nine of ten quarters
** Six of eight brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher,
one "hold" and one "sell"; their median PT is $287.5 -Refinitiv
data
** Stock had fallen 16% YTD
(Reporting by Shristi Achar A in Bengaluru)
((Shristi.AcharA@thomsonreuters.com;))