NYSE:AN - AutoNation Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

AutoNation announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, August 31st 2017, which permits the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $5.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.28 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 15.97% and a net margin of 1.99%. The company's revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.97 earnings per share. View AutoNation's Earnings History.

AutoNation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AutoNation.

13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate AutoNation's stock price to reach $50.75 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

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News articles about AN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 45.49 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

AutoNation's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.32%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (5.41%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.52%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.20%), Kiltearn Partners LLP (2.08%) and OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.90%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include Christopher Cade, Donna L Parlapiano, Edward S Lampert, Jonathan P Ferrando, Lance E Iserman, Michael J Jackson, Paul Frank Matysek, Robert R Grusky and Ross J Beaty. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AutoNation.

AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Private Management Group Inc., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Swiss National Bank, Legal & General Group Plc, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include Donna L Parlapiano, Edward S Lampert, Lance E Iserman, Michael J Jackson and Robert R Grusky. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

AN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pagoda Asset Management LP, Tyvor Capital LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Check Capital Management Inc. CA, LSV Asset Management and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.18.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion and generates $21.53 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $434.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.81 on an earnings per share basis. AutoNation employs 26,000 workers across the globe.

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]