AutoNation
AN
156.21
-1.93
-1.22%
AutoNation
US · AN
#2055 by market cap
Listed 1970
156.21
-1.93
-1.22%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 481s ago
· 2026-10-07 19:54
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- Market cap
- 5.16B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 7.24
- P/Bi
- 2.29
- EPSi
- 17.04
- Div yieldi
- 0.00%
- 52W posi
- 4%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Fair
- Altman Z-Score is 2.98, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year +3.24% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 17.91%
- Operating margin
- 4.74%
- Net margin
- 2.35%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 14.86B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 2.98
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 21.41B | 21.34B | 20.39B | 25.84B | 26.99B | 26.95B | 26.77B | 27.63B |
| Gross profit | 3.40B | 3.52B | 3.57B | 4.95B | 5.27B | 5.13B | 4.79B | 4.95B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 2.51B | 2.56B | 2.42B | 2.88B | 3.03B | 3.25B | 3.26B | 3.36B |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 786.00M | 833.20M | 939.00M | 1.90B | 2.00B | 1.62B | 1.27B | 1.31B |
| Pretax profit | 529.40M | 612.60M | 550.10M | 1.81B | 1.83B | 1.35B | 916.70M | 884.50M |
| Tax | 133.50M | 161.80M | 168.30M | 435.10M | 455.80M | 330.00M | 224.50M | 235.40M |
| Net profit | 396.00M | 450.00M | 381.60M | 1.37B | 1.38B | 1.02B | 692.20M | 649.10M |
| Basic EPS | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
| Diluted EPS | 4.34 | 4.97 | 4.30 | 18.31 | 24.29 | 22.74 | 16.92 | 17.04 |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.69B | 6.97B | 7.04B | 6.93B | 6.55B | 6.93B |
| Gross profit | 1.22B | 1.28B | 1.24B | 1.21B | 1.21B | 1.23B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 821.90M | 854.70M | 850.10M | 835.50M | 842.20M | 856.30M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 317.00M | 333.40M | 348.90M | 310.60M | 285.40M | 288.20M |
| Pretax profit | 234.00M | 138.40M | 287.60M | 224.50M | 275.70M | 243.80M |
| Tax | 58.50M | 52.00M | 72.50M | 52.40M | 70.30M | 61.70M |
| Net profit | 175.50M | 86.40M | 215.10M | 172.10M | 205.40M | 182.10M |
| Basic EPS | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Diluted EPS | 4.45 | 2.26 | 5.65 | 4.70 | 5.85 | 5.39 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 4.88B | 4.41B | 4.15B | 2.81B | 3.14B | 4.31B | 4.70B | 4.65B |
| Cash & ST investments | 48.60M | 42.00M | 569.60M | 60.40M | 72.60M | 60.80M | 59.80M | 58.60M |
| Inventory | 3.65B | 3.31B | 2.60B | 1.85B | 2.05B | 3.03B | 3.36B | 3.40B |
| Total assets | 10.67B | 10.54B | 9.89B | 8.94B | 10.06B | 11.98B | 13.00B | 14.39B |
| Total current liabilities | 5.66B | 5.10B | 4.17B | 3.06B | 3.41B | 5.58B | 6.31B | 5.54B |
| Short-term debt | 4.67B | 4.14B | 3.11B | 1.85B | 2.18B | 4.29B | 4.89B | 4.17B |
| Long-term debt | 1.93B | 1.58B | 1.79B | 2.85B | 3.90B | 3.38B | 3.41B | 5.59B |
| Total liabilities | 7,949,100,000.00 | 7,381,200,000.00 | 6,651,500,000.00 | 6,566,600,000.00 | 8,011,900,000.00 | 9,768,600,000.00 | 10,544,400,000.00 | 12,051,100,000.00 |
| Total equity | 2.72B | 3.16B | 3.24B | 2.38B | 2.05B | 2.21B | 2.46B | 2.34B |
| Retained earnings | 3.24B | 3.69B | 4.07B | 4.64B | 3.66B | 4.64B | 5.33B | 5.98B |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 4.55B | 4.62B | 4.69B | 4.65B | 4.58B | 4.85B |
| Cash & ST investments | 70.50M | 62.90M | 97.60M | 58.60M | 65.50M | 53.30M |
| Inventory | 3.23B | 3.45B | 3.49B | 3.40B | 3.44B | 3.74B |
| Total assets | 13.33B | 13.57B | 14.20B | 14.39B | 14.62B | 15.48B |
| Total current liabilities | 5.88B | 5.69B | 5.91B | 5.54B | 5.63B | 6.20B |
| Short-term debt | 4.46B | 4.35B | 4.52B | 4.17B | 4.23B | 4.85B |
| Long-term debt | 4.14B | 4.53B | 4.85B | 5.59B | 5.83B | 6.05B |
| Total liabilities | 10,922,400,000.00 | 11,101,500,000.00 | 11,688,900,000.00 | 12,051,100,000.00 | 12,396,400,000.00 | 13,225,100,000.00 |
| Total equity | 2.40B | 2.47B | 2.51B | 2.34B | 2.23B | 2.26B |
| Retained earnings | 5.50B | 5.59B | 5.80B | 5.98B | 6.17B | 6.35B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 511.00M | 769.20M | 1.21B | 1.63B | 1.67B | 724.00M | 314.70M | 111.90M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 166.20M | 180.50M | 198.90M | 193.30M | 200.30M | 220.50M | 240.70M | 251.40M |
| Free cash flow | 110.20M | 499.90M | 1.05B | 1.41B | 1.34B | 313.70M | -13.80M | -197.50M |
| Dividends paid | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -100.00M | -44.70M | -367.20M | -2.32B | -1.70B | -874.40M | -460.00M | -791.60M |
| Ending cash balance | 49.40M | 42.50M | 569.70M | 60.60M | 95.40M | 77.00M | 103.40M | 85.80M |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -52.50M | -177.80M | 191.70M | 150.50M | 22.20M | -71.10M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 61.80M | 63.90M | 64.20M | 61.50M | 63.00M | 63.50M |
| Free cash flow | -127.70M | -256.80M | 122.80M | 64.20M | -34.20M | -140.70M |
| Dividends paid | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -220.60M | -33.20M | -176.00M | -361.80M | -301.00M | -168.70M |
| Ending cash balance | 129.40M | 97.40M | 126.00M | 85.80M | 125.90M | 132.40M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 15.57 | 15.31 | 11.93 | 48.92 | 62.26 | 47.95 | 29.65 | 27.05 |
| ROA %i | 3.78 | 4.24 | 3.74 | 14.58 | 14.50 | 9.27 | 5.54 | 4.74 |
| ROIC %i | 6.40 | 6.80 | 5.56 | 18.58 | 19.11 | 13.55 | 8.74 | 6.98 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 18.58 | 17.59 | 15.97 | 22.06 | 30.80 | 37.27 | 40.14 | 43.17 |
| EBIT margin %i | 3.64 | 4.02 | 3.47 | 7.46 | 7.45 | 6.22 | 5.06 | 4.81 |
| FCF / sales %i | 0.51 | 2.34 | 5.16 | 5.46 | 4.96 | 1.16 | -- | -- |
| Current ratioi | 0.86 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.84 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Debt / assetsi | 61.87 | 57.15 | 52.46 | 55.39 | 63.41 | 67.06 | 66.57 | 70.76 |
| LT debt / equityi | 70.92 | 59.56 | 64.26 | 130.68 | 204.94 | 169.16 | 153.35 | 257.03 |
| Interest coveragei | 3.12 | 3.50 | 4.49 | 16.24 | 11.40 | 5.14 | 3.09 | 2.99 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 0.87 | -0.42 | -1.80 | 6.47 | 8.14 | 9.74 | 1.17 | 0.79 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -3.64 | 1.49 | -4.24 | 51.35 | 45.19 | 38.83 | -20.41 | -22.18 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -23.83 | 23.33 | 66.78 | 134.00 | 38.88 | -33.18 | -- | -- |
| Line item | 2025-03 | 2025-06 | 2025-09 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 28.45 | 27.24 | 27.16 | 27.05 | 29.33 | 32.77 |
| ROA %i | 5.34 | 4.80 | 4.89 | 4.74 | 4.86 | 5.33 |
| ROIC %i | 8.36 | 8.50 | 7.25 | 6.98 | 7.02 | 7.42 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 4.96 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.81 | 5.03 | 5.46 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.04 |
| Current ratioi | 0.77 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.78 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.14 |
| Debt / assetsi | 67.78 | 68.56 | 69.05 | 70.76 | 71.66 | 73.18 |
| LT debt / equityi | 190.32 | 200.49 | 210.32 | 257.03 | 280.56 | 286.80 |
| Interest coveragei | 3.04 | 2.89 | 3.06 | 2.99 | 3.03 | 3.20 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Diversified
- Premium Luxury is the largest reported line at 37.23% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
- No single line clears half of revenue; Import is next at 32.22%, spreading the business across more than one real driver.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Premium Luxury37.23%
Import32.22%
Domestic25.88%
Corporate and Other4.67%
Quote time 2026-10-07 19:54:59 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.