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 (WHO). Since then, AN stock has increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $42.28. 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 data on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $4.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.58 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 0.60% and a return on equity of 13.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.01 EPS. View AutoNation's earnings history.

7 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 that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%. View analysts' price targets for AutoNation.

Press coverage about AN stock has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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 daily trading volume, of 1,100,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 8.1% 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."

AutoNation's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $42.28.

AutoNation has a market capitalization of $3.69 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]