AutoNation Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 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, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AutoNation stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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AutoNation saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,280,000 shares, a decrease of 23.2% from the March 31st total of 2,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 772,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 4.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 19th. The company reported $2.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.99. The firm had revenue of $5.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.03 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 1.92% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.17%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 26.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.91 earnings per share.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AN shares have increased by 178.0% and is now trading at $105.28.
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AutoNation declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 21st 2020, which allows the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $82.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 21.3%.
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41 employees have rated AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson on Glassdoor.com. Mike Jackson has an approval rating of 67% among AutoNation'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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.48%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.14%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.12%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.40%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.29%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.19%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include C Coleman Edmunds, 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.
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AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Northern Trust Corp, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Prudential Financial Inc., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include C Coleman Edmunds, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, and Robert R Grusky.
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AN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought AutoNation stock in the last two years include Carl C Liebert III, and Steven L Gerard.
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Shares of AN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $105.28.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $8.47 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 21,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for AutoNation is www.autonation.com.

AutoNation is headquartered at 200 SW 1ST AVE SUITE 1600, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33301.

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]