Total Shareholder Value

All auto sectors deliver strong 1st-qtr. returns

Automotive News: Shareholder values turned upward in the first quarter in all automotive sectors after six months of mixed or losing results. Automakers, suppliers and retailers all posted substantial returns for investors in the quarter, as measured by the Automotive News-PwC Shareholder Value Index. Read More »
Lithia sweeps Shareholder Value retailer awards
Automotive News:Lithia Motors Inc. swept the retailer category at the 12th annual Global Automotive Shareholder Value Awards in January. The awards, developed jointly by Automotive Ne ...
Public retailers deliver strong returns in 2011
Automotive News:Despite a year of economic and stock market volatility, most public dealership groups delivered strong investor returns in 2011. But only a few carmakers and suppliers ma ...
Global auto stocks tumble in 3rd quarter
Automotive News:The European debt crisis and a sluggish U.S. economy sent global automotive stocks reeling in the third quarter, stifling the momentum generated in the first half of 2011 ...
Auto shares continue to gain in 2nd qtr.
Automotive News:Global automotive stocks rose in the second quarter as the industry continued its recovery and supply-chain worries related to Japan's March earthquake began to fade. In ...
Industry's steady growth lifts auto shares
Automotive News:Investors in all public sectors of the automotive industry broadly gained value in the first quarter as production and sales move from rebounding recovery to steady growt ...
Auto retailers gave investors 40% return in '10
Automotive News:For investors looking to make money in the auto industry in 2010, retailing was the place to be. The total return on investment in the six publicly owned U.S. auto retai ...
Auto stocks score double-digit gains in 2010
Automotive News:In 2010, returns for automotive investors surged along with the global auto industry's sales recovery. The total return on investment in publicly owned global automakers ...
Global auto stocks rebound, outpace market
Automotive News:Global auto stocks rebounded sharply in the third quarter amid the plodding economic recovery, with retailers turning in their strongest performance in more than a year. ...
Auto stocks are down but outperform markets
Automotive News:Auto stocks lost ground in the second quarter, but the Automotive News/Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Shareholder Value Index showed global automakers and suppliers and U.S. aut ...
Renault, Plastic Omnium, Bilia thrive despite the crisis
Automotive News Europe:Renault SA, French supplier Plastic Omnium Co. and Swedish retailer Bilia AB overcame the recent economic downturn by cutting costs and launching new products. ...
Suppliers reap rewards of '09 cost cutting
Automotive News:The auto industry gave investors a topsy-turvy performance in the first quarter. While Toyota struggled with widespread recalls, Detroit's supply chain reaped the rewards ...
For industry investors, guts meant glory in'09
Automotive News:For all its angst, 2009 was an astounding moneymaking year for many auto industry stocks. ...