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Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Penske Automotive Group Inc

PAG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Penske Automotive Group runs car and truck dealerships across the United States and several other countries, selling new and used vehicles alongside repair and finance services. It works through separate units for retail car sales, retail truck sales, and other transport-related investments. The group also distributes heavy-duty trucks and diesel engines under brands such as Western Star and MAN, and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Where it sits in the stack
Penske carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks; it belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, within Auto & Truck Dealerships, a retail and distribution business rather than a hardware or compute supplier.
Who it is priced against
One well-known competitor the market names alongside it is AutoNation, another large operator of franchised car dealerships in the United States.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no Closelook score and no index seat, so the diary notes it mainly through its chart readings rather than any scored module.
What the diary watches
Whether the stock holds its distance from the 52-week high after two down sessions, and whether its gap above the 200-day average narrows or widens from here.

Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PAG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PAG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.65%, quarterly · last 1.44 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What PAG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.62 USD per share · a 2.65% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +13.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.97 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.44 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.79 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.09 USD · 2025: 5.16 USD · 2026: 4.24 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Penske Automotive Group Inc (PAG)?

Penske Automotive Group Inc trades as PAG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PAG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Penske Automotive Group Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does PAG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.6% vs the 50-day and +21.3% vs the 200-day average, 6.3% below the 52-week high and +53% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 71 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Penske Automotive Group Inc do?

Penske Automotive Group runs car and truck dealerships across the United States and several other countries, selling new and used vehicles alongside repair and finance services. It works through separate units for retail car sales, retail truck sales, and other transport-related investments. The group also distributes heavy-duty trucks and diesel engines under brands such as Western Star and MAN, and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. One well-known competitor the market names alongside it is AutoNation, another large operator of franchised car dealerships in the United States.

Where does Penske Automotive Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Penske carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks; it belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, within Auto & Truck Dealerships, a retail and distribution business rather than a hardware or compute supplier. It is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no Closelook score and no index seat, so the diary notes it mainly through its chart readings rather than any scored module.

Does Penske Automotive Group Inc pay a dividend?

Penske Automotive Group Inc has paid 5.62 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.65% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.44 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PAG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Auto & Truck Dealerships, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.