NYSE:ANAutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AN stock has increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $40.68. View which stocks have been most 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, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings 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 Monday, July 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AutoNation.

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.25. The company earned $4.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.58 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 0.60% and a return on equity of 13.97%. The company's revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.01 EPS. View AutoNation's earnings history.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $44.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoNation.

News stories about AN stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,710,000 shares, a decline of 8.8% from the May 31st total of 6,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,120,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.1 days. Currently, 7.4% of the company's shares 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $40.68.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.55 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.

The official website for AutoNation is 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]