NYSE:AN - AutoNation Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

AutoNation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, August 31st 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 22nd. The company reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.12. The company earned $5.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.29 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 15.10% and a net margin of 1.89%. AutoNation's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.14 earnings per share. View AutoNation's Earnings History.

AutoNation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AutoNation.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate AutoNation's stock price to reach $41.3825 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.0%. 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 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

Media headlines about AN stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,774,600 shares, a drop of 9.6% from the June 30th total of 7,494,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 782,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.7 days. Currently, 8.7% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.44%), BlackRock Inc. (5.63%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (4.07%), RBS Partners L.P. (3.96%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.91%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.26%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include Carl C Liebert III, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Donna L Parlapiano, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Lance E Iserman, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., WS Management Lllp, RBS Partners L.P., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Strs Ohio, Check Capital Management Inc. CA and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick and Robert R Grusky. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

AN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Investec Asset Management LTD, Little House Capital LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.58.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $4.24 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]