NYSE:AN - AutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $5.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.38 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 14.37% and a net margin of 1.82%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.24 EPS. View AutoNation's Earnings History.

AutoNation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AutoNation.

AutoNation will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 11th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.06 to $55.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's stock price to reach $45.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AutoNation.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

Headlines about AN stock have been trending extremely negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,950,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the December 31st total of 6,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 479,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 14.5 days. Currently, 8.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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AutoNation's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.41%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.14%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.04%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include Carl C Liebert III, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick and Robert R Grusky. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AutoNation.

AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Arizona State Retirement System, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Garner Asset Management Corp and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson and Robert R Grusky. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

AN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, Strs Ohio, Meridian Wealth Management LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL and Balasa Dinverno & Foltz LLC. Company insiders that have bought AutoNation stock in the last two years include Carl C Liebert III and David B Edelson. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

Shares of AN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.07.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.93 billion and generates $21.41 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $396 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.49 on an earnings per share basis. AutoNation employs 26,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AutoNation.

The official website for AutoNation is http://www.autonation.com/.

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]