AutoNation Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AutoNation stock.
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7 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their AN stock forecasts range from $107.00 to $185.00. On average, they anticipate AutoNation's stock price to reach $146.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $116.85 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AN shares have decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $116.33.
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AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 18th 2022.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 21st. The company reported $5.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.39 by $0.39. The firm earned $6.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.51 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 5.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 59.93%. AutoNation's revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.79 EPS.
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AutoNation announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, October 21st 2021, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 10.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.85%), BlackRock Inc. (5.96%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.80%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.45%), State Street Corp (1.98%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.48%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cascade Investment, LLC, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, 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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AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of America Corp DE, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Prudential Financial Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bank of Montreal Can, and AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last two years include C Coleman Edmunds, Cascade Investment, LLC, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Vanguard Group Inc., Simplex Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, and LSV Asset Management.
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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 $116.33.

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) has a market capitalization of $7.14 billion and generates $25.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.60 on an earnings per share basis.

AutoNation 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 AutoNation is www.autonation.com. The company can be reached via phone at (954) 769-6000, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 302-636-5454.