AutoNation is an auto & truck dealerships business based in the US. AutoNation shares (AN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $164.80 – a decrease of 1.93% over the previous week. AutoNation employs 25,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $26.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $164.80 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $130.35 - $197.18 |
| 50-day moving average | $166.78 |
| 200-day moving average | $163.60 |
| Wall St. target price | $194.55 |
| PE ratio | 9.596 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $17.40 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $164.8 from 2024-11-15
| 1 week (2024-11-08) | 0.25% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-10-17) | -2.51% |
| 3 months (2024-08-16) | -5.88% |
| 6 months (2024-05-17) | -3.60% |
| 1 year (2023-11-17) | 21.56% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-11-17) | 36.62% |
| 3 years (2021-11-17) | 39.96% |
| 5 years (2019-11-15) | 211.00% |
Valuing AutoNation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of AutoNation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
AutoNation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, AutoNation shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
AutoNation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.5908. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into AutoNation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
AutoNation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a AutoNation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $26.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.6% |
| Gross profit TTM | $5.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.57% |
| Return on equity TTM | 32.01% |
| Profit margin | 2.74% |
| Book value | $59.81 |
| Market Capitalization | $6.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting AutoNation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
AutoNation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 9 June 1996 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your AutoNation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for AutoNation shares which in turn could have impacted AutoNation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, AutoNation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $130.35 up to $197.18. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while AutoNation's is 1.217. This would suggest that AutoNation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
AutoNation, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Domestic, Import, and Premium Luxury. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicles; and parts and services, such as automotive repair and maintenance, and wholesale parts and collision services. The company also provides automotive finance and insurance products comprising vehicle services and other protection products; and indirect financing for vehicles, as well as arranges finance for vehicle purchases through third-party finance sources. It owns and operates new vehicle franchises from stores located primarily in metropolitan markets in the Sunbelt region, as well as AutoNation-branded collision centers, AutoNation USA used vehicle stores, AutoNation-branded automotive auction operations, and parts distribution centers. The company was formerly known as Republic Industries, Inc.
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