AutoNation - AN Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AN shares.
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8 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for AutoNation's stock. Their AN share price forecasts range from $96.00 to $238.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $144.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% from the stock's current price.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $107.30 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AN shares have increased by 21.2% and is now trading at $130.00.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 17th 2023.
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AutoNation will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 17th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 866-813-9403 with passcode "106051".

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The company reported $5.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.20 by $0.92. The firm had revenue of $6.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.29 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 5.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 62.53%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.38 earnings per share.

AutoNation announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 21st 2021, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 10.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.50%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), Stephens Inc. AR (0.09%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.08%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.07%) and Leuthold Group LLC (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cascade Investment, LLC, 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 $130.00.

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) has a market capitalization of $6.44 billion and generates $25.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $24.44 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.