AutoNation Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AutoNation stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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AutoNation saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,030,000 shares, an increase of 26.7% from the July 29th total of 3,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 11.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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AutoNation is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 20th 2021.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, July, 18th. The company reported $4.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.81 by $2.02. The business earned $6.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.07 billion. AutoNation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.01% and a net margin of 3.98%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 53.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.41 earnings per share.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $37.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AN stock has increased by 209.7% and is now trading at $117.29.
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AutoNation announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, July 19th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 10.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for AutoNation's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $171.00. On average, they expect AutoNation's stock price to reach $107.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.2%.
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41 employees have rated AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson on Glassdoor.com. Mike Jackson has an approval rating of 67% among AutoNation's employees.

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

AutoNation's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.83%), BlackRock Inc. (6.36%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.87%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.70%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.19%) and State Street Corp (2.17%). Company insiders that own AutoNation stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cheryl Miller, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, Robert R Grusky and Steven L Gerard.
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AN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, FMR LLC, Northern Trust Corp, American Century Companies Inc., Invesco Ltd., and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold AutoNation company stock in the last year include C Coleman Edmunds, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, James R Bender, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Rick L Burdick, and Robert R Grusky.
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AN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Amundi, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and Wexford Capital LP.
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Shares of AN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.29.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $8.40 billion and generates $20.39 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $381.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.12 on an earnings per share basis.

AutoNation employs 21,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for AutoNation is www.autonation.com.

AutoNation is headquartered at 200 SW 1ST AVE SUITE 1600, FORT LAUDERDALE FL, 33301.

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]