NYSE:AN - AutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $5.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.53 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 14.80% and a net margin of 2.11%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.02 earnings per share. View AutoNation's Earnings History.

AutoNation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AutoNation.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for AutoNation's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate AutoNation's share price to reach $48.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AutoNation.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

Media stories about AN stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,320,000 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the January 15th total of 6,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 515,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 14.2 days. Currently, 9.3% of the shares of the stock 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 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (5.23%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (4.49%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.83%), FMR LLC (2.54%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.02%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.91%). 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 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Credit Suisse AG, AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. 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, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson and Robert R Grusky. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoNation.

AN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investec Asset Management LTD, AQR Capital Management LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Man Group plc, AJO LP, Marshall Wace LLP, Dorsey Wright & Associates and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.02.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $4.28 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 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]