AutoNation - AN Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AN shares.
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10 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for AutoNation's stock. Their AN share price forecasts range from $104.00 to $238.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $161.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.7% 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 decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $112.43.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The company reported $6.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $5.96 by $0.52. The company had revenue of $6.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.97 billion. AutoNation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 62.96% and a net margin of 5.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.83 earnings per share.

AutoNation declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, October 21st 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 10.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

41 employees have rated AutoNation Chief Executive Officer Mike Jackson on Glassdoor.com. Mike Jackson has an approval rating of 67% among the company'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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.36%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.23%), State Street Corp (2.00%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.80%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.02%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.92%). Insiders that own company stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cascade Investment, LLC, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, George Lawrence Mikan III, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, Robert R Grusky and Steven L Gerard.
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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.43.

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) has a market capitalization of $6.29 billion and generates $25.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $23.25 on an earnings per share basis.

The company 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 the company 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.