AutoNation Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AutoNation stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its earnings results on Monday, April, 19th. The company reported $2.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.99. The company earned $5.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.03 billion. AutoNation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.22% and a net margin of 3.95%. AutoNation's revenue for the quarter was up 26.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.91 EPS.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AN stock has increased by 146.4% and is now trading at $93.30.
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AutoNation announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, October 21st 2020, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $82.88 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%.
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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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AutoNation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AN."

AutoNation's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.48%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.14%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.12%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.40%), Eminence Capital LP (1.86%) and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.58%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, Robert R Grusky and Steven L Gerard.
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AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including RBS Partners L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Eminence Capital LP, Northern Trust Corp, and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include C Coleman Edmunds, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, and Robert R Grusky.
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AN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., and Morgan Stanley.
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Shares of AN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.30.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $7.51 billion and generates $20.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $381.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.12 on an earnings per share basis.

AutoNation employs 21,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for AutoNation is www.autonation.com.

AutoNation is headquartered at 200 SW 1ST AVE SUITE 1600, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33301.

AutoNation's mailing address is 200 SW 1ST AVE SUITE 1600, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33301. The company can be reached via phone at (954) 769-6000 or via email at [email protected]