NYSE:ANAutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AN shares have decreased by 2.1% and is now trading at $37.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.25. The company earned $4.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.58 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 13.97% and a net margin of 0.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.01 earnings per share. View AutoNation's earnings history.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's share price to reach $41.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoNation.

News coverage about AN stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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 daily trading volume, of 1,120,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.1 days. Approximately 7.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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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 $37.08.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.23 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]