NYSE:ANAutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Since then, AN shares have decreased by 20.3% and is now trading at $30.19. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for AutoNation.

AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AutoNation.

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $5.55 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.53 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 14.46% and a net margin of 2.11%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.02 earnings per share. View AutoNation's earnings history.

6 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for AutoNation's shares. Their forecasts range from $13.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $37.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoNation.

Headlines about AN stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAutoNation.

AutoNation saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,692,100 shares, an increase of 7.6% from the February 27th total of 5,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 690,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.2 days. Approximately 7.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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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 Polianta Ltd (0.03%), Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). 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, Robert R Grusky and Steven L Gerard. View institutional ownership trends for AutoNation.

AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chickasaw Capital Management 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 activity for AutoNation.

AN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought AutoNation stock in the last two years include Carl C Liebert III, David B Edelson, and Steven L Gerard. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $30.19.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $2.70 billion and generates $21.34 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $450 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.55 on an earnings per share basis. AutoNation employs 25,000 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]