AutoNation (AN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoNation in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AN shares.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AutoNation's stock. Their AN share price targets range from $140.00 to $215.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $176.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price.
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AutoNation's stock was trading at $150.18 at the start of the year. Since then, AN shares have increased by 10.1% and is now trading at $165.38.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 19th 2024.
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AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 26th. The company reported $4.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.45 by $0.04. The business earned $6.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.49 billion. AutoNation had a net margin of 3.41% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.44%. AutoNation's revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $6.05 EPS.

ETFs with the largest weight of AutoNation (NYSE:AN) stock in their portfolio include Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (EWMC), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 GARP ETF (GRPM), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) and First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (FXD).

AutoNation announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, April 26th 2024, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 14.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

41 employees have rated AutoNation Chief Executive Officer Mike Jackson on Glassdoor.com. Mike Jackson has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AutoNation investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), General Motors (GM), Micron Technology (MU), American International Group (AIG), Best Buy (BBY), Ford Motor (F), Tesla (TSLA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Bank of America (BAC).

AutoNation's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.64%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.23%), Raymond James & Associates (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.10%), BNP Paribas Financial Markets (0.09%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include C Coleman Edmunds, Cascade Investment, LLC, Christopher Cade, David B Edelson, Edward S Lampert, George Lawrence Mikan III, Jacqueline A Travisano, James R Bender, Joseph T Lower, Kimberly Dees, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Marc G Cannon, Marc G Cannon, Michael J Jackson, Michael J Jackson, Michael Mark Manley, Rick L Burdick and Robert R Grusky.
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