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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $5.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.53 billion. AutoNation had a return on equity of 14.46% and a net margin of 2.11%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.02 EPS. 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.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for AutoNation's shares. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's stock price to reach $50.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AutoNation.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AutoNation.

News headlines about AN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. AutoNation earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage 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 company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for AutoNation.

AutoNation saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,270,000 shares, a decline of 14.3% from the January 30th total of 7,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 557,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 11.3 days. Approximately 8.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View AutoNation's Current Options Chain.

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AutoNation's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $43.71.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.91 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.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]