AutoNation - AN Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" AN shares.
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10 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AutoNation's shares. Their AN share price forecasts range from $104.00 to $238.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $161.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.4% from the stock's current price.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $116.85 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AN shares have decreased by 9.3% and is now trading at $106.01.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The company reported $6.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.96 by $0.52. The business earned $6.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.97 billion. AutoNation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 62.96% and a net margin of 5.59%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.83 earnings per share.

AutoNation declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, October 21st 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 10.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are 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."

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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $106.01.

AutoNation (NYSE:AN) has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion and generates $25.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $23.25 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.