NYSE:ANAutoNation Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AN stock has increased by 4.0% and is now trading at $39.38. 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) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.25. The firm 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 business's revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.01 EPS. View AutoNation's earnings history.

7 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for AutoNation's shares. 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 5.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoNation.

News stories about AN stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media 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 daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutAutoNation.

AutoNation saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,420,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the April 30th total of 5,740,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 8.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.09%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (5.29%), RBS Partners L.P. (2.58%), State Street Corp (1.72%), Invesco Ltd. (1.28%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.24%). 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, Robert R Grusky and Steven L Gerard. 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., Victory Capital Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, RBS Partners L.P., Principal Financial Group Inc., and Gabelli Funds LLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include Cheryl Miller, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, and Robert R Grusky. View insider buying and selling activity for AutoNation.

AN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eminence Capital LP, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, AQR Capital Management LLC, AXA, AJO LP, Invesco Ltd., Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, and Aperio Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought AutoNation stock in the last two years include Carl C Liebert III, David B Edelson, and Steven L Gerard. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $39.38.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.43 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]