AutoNation Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AutoNation stock.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for AutoNation's stock. Their AN stock forecasts range from $107.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $146.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.4% from the stock's current price.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $116.85 at the start of the year. Since then, AN stock has increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $117.91.
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AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 21st 2022.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 21st. The company reported $5.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.39 by $0.39. The firm earned $6.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.51 billion. AutoNation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 59.93% and a net margin of 5.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.79 EPS.
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AutoNation announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 21st 2021, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 10.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

41 employees have rated AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson on Glassdoor.com. Mike Jackson has an approval rating of 67% among AutoNation's employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AutoNation investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), General Motors (GM), Micron Technology (MU), American International Group (AIG), Best Buy (BBY), Ford Motor (F), Tesla (TSLA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Bank of America (BAC).

AutoNation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AN."

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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.91.

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) has a market capitalization of $7.24 billion and generates $25.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.60 on an earnings per share basis.

AutoNation employs 22,200 workers across the globe.

AutoNation's mailing address is 200 SW 1ST AVE SUITE 1600, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33301. The official website for AutoNation is www.autonation.com. The company can be reached via phone at (954) 769-6000, via email at quartaror@autonation.com, or via fax at 302-636-5454.