LON:AUTOAuto Trader Group Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Auto Trader Group PLC Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 558.20 +11.80 (+2.16 %) (As of 05/29/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 539.60Now: GBX 558.20▼ 567.4050-Day Range 402.90MA: GBX 470.13▼ 55052-Week Range 308.60Now: GBX 558.20▼ 747Volume4.83 million shsAverage Volume5.83 million shsMarket Capitalization£5.39 billionP/E Ratio25.03Dividend Yield1.34%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlinesOptions Chain Auto Trader Group plc operates in the digital automotive marketplace in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It offers its products to retailers and home traders, and logistics firms; vehicle advertisement on its Websites for private sellers, as well as insurance and loan financing products to consumers; and display advertising on its Websites for manufacturers and their advertising agencies. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 2.1 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingAuto Trader Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 527.67, Auto Trader Group has a potential downside of 5.5% from its current price of GBX 558.20.Amount of Analyst CoverageAuto Trader Group has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.5 Community Rank Outperform VotesAuto Trader Group has received 450 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAuto Trader Group has received 446 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAuto Trader Group has received 50.22% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Auto Trader Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe AUTO will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe AUTO will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipAuto Trader Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 1.34%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthAuto Trader Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Auto Trader Group is 31.39 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Auto Trader Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £90,250 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Auto Trader Group are expected to decrease by -100.00% in the coming year, from GBX 2,224 to GBX 0 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Auto Trader Group is 25.03, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 13.64.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Auto Trader Group is 25.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 35.94.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAuto Trader Group has a P/B Ratio of 54.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 2.1Community Rank: 2.5Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 0.6 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.15 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Internet Content & Information Sub-IndustryN/A SectorComputer and Technology Current SymbolLON:AUTO Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webabout-us.autotrader.co.uk Phone+44-161-6699888Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio351.73 Current Ratio2.01 Quick Ratio1.94Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio25.03 Forward P/E Ratio0.25 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£365 million Price / Sales14.76 Cash FlowGBX 3.55 per share Price / Cash Flow157.35 Book ValueGBX 10.30 per share Price / Book54.19Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees802 Outstanding Shares964,918,016Market Cap£5.39 billion Next Earnings Date6/25/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable LSE:AUTO Rates by TradingView Receive AUTO News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for AUTO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO) Frequently Asked Questions How has Auto Trader Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Auto Trader Group's stock was trading at GBX 462.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AUTO shares have increased by 20.7% and is now trading at GBX 558.20. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Auto Trader Group? 16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Auto Trader Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Auto Trader Group. When is Auto Trader Group's next earnings date? Auto Trader Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 25th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Auto Trader Group. How often does Auto Trader Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Auto Trader Group? Auto Trader Group announced a dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 2.40 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Auto Trader Group's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for AUTO? 16 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Auto Trader Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 348 to GBX 705. On average, they anticipate Auto Trader Group's stock price to reach GBX 527.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. View analysts' price targets for Auto Trader Group. Has Auto Trader Group been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about AUTO stock have been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Auto Trader Group earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAuto Trader Group. Who are some of Auto Trader Group's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Auto Trader Group include Delivery Hero (DHER), Scout24 (G24), Just Eat (JE), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), Rightmove (RMV), Carsales.Com (CAR), Trainline (TRN), Trade Me Group (TME), Independence Contract Drilling (LTRPB), Xing (O1BC), Domain Holdings Australia (DHG), EverBank Financial (EVER), Nearmap (NEA), Gocompare.Com Group (GOCO) and Redbubble (RBL). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Auto Trader Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Auto Trader Group investors own include Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Fossil Group (FOSL), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Bank of America (BAC), First Data (FDC), Air Canada (AC), Ameri (AMRH) and Apollo Global Management (APO). Who are Auto Trader Group's key executives? Auto Trader Group's management team includes the following people: Mr. Trevor Mather, CEO & Exec. Director (Age 51)Mr. Nathan Coe, CFO, COO & Exec. DirectorMr. Chris Kelly, Technology DirectorMr. Jamie Warner, Deputy Chief Financial OfficerMs. Claire V. Baty, Company Sec. What is Auto Trader Group's stock symbol? Auto Trader Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "AUTO." How do I buy shares of Auto Trader Group? Shares of AUTO and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Auto Trader Group's stock price today? One share of AUTO stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 558.20. How big of a company is Auto Trader Group? Auto Trader Group has a market capitalization of £5.39 billion and generates £365 million in revenue each year. Auto Trader Group employs 802 workers across the globe. What is Auto Trader Group's official website? The official website for Auto Trader Group is about-us.autotrader.co.uk. How can I contact Auto Trader Group? Auto Trader Group's mailing address is 1 Tony Wilson Place, MANCHESTER, M15 4FN, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-161-6699888. This page was last updated on 5/31/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
