NYSE:AN - AutoNation Stock Price, News & Analysis

AutoNation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AN."

AutoNation declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, August 31st 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 22nd. The company reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.12. The firm earned $5.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.29 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 15.10% and a net margin of 1.89%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share. View AutoNation's Earnings History.

AutoNation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AutoNation.

9 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AutoNation's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $41.3825 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for AutoNation.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

Headlines about AN stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,774,600 shares, a drop of 9.6% from the June 30th total of 7,494,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 782,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.7 days. Currently, 8.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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AutoNation's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.44%), BlackRock Inc. (5.63%), BlackRock Inc. (5.63%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (4.07%), RBS Partners L.P. (3.96%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.91%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include Carl C Liebert III, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Donna L Parlapiano, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Lance E Iserman, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick and Robert R Grusky. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AutoNation.

AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., WS Management Lllp, RBS Partners L.P., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Strs Ohio and Check Capital Management Inc. CA. 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, Michael J Jackson and Robert R Grusky. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

AN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Investec Asset Management LTD, Little House Capital LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have bought AutoNation stock in the last two years include Carl C Liebert III and David B Edelson. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.38.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $4.13 billion and generates $21.41 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $396 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.49 on an earnings per share basis. AutoNation employs 26,000 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]