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AutoNation, Inc.

AN Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships

AutoNation, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $27.6 billion, up 3.24% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−0.39%
EPS
−13.8%
Free cash flow
+8.79%
Total debt
+34.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

187.28 3.81 +2.08%
Market cap
$6.0B
P/E
9.0×
Fwd P/E
8.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.10
Beneish M
−2.37
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 1.43
Sold, $m 0.71
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — 3
Sell — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 30.52%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 6,020.00
Revenue ttm 27,421.40
Net income ttm 721.90
Free cash flow ttm 22.90
Net debt Q 6,804.10
Valuation
P/E 9.00
Forward P/E 8.50
Price / sales 0.23
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 269.88
Price / book 2.73
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.77 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 3.03 (above 2: weak)
Interest coverage Q 3.24
Growth
Revenue growth Q −0.39% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −15.52% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +2.00%
EPS, next year A +12.98%
Revenue, next year A −0.16% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs +31.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next 5 yrs A +9.67%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.5×, against a ten-year median of 0.4×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.2× in 2020 to 0.6× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 34.14%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 33.96%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 55.81%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 88.01%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 97.21%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 61 60 59 51
Receivables 1,040 1,066 948 781
Inventory 3,033 3,360 3,405 3,674
Other 172 212 236 228
4,307 4,698 4,648 4,735
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 345 377 370 349
ST’ Debt 449 658 264 646
Other 944 1,049 1,004 1,058
5,583 6,312 5,541 6,147

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.85% 6.27% 0.79%
Cash Flow (14.03%) (37.86%) (59.37%)
Earnings 3.90% 11.21% (22.18%)
Book Value (0.03%) (6.27%) 4.56%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 5.20 Actual 5.11

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 4.91 5.08 Beat by 0.17
Q1 FY26 4.71 4.69 Miss by 0.02
Q2 FY26 5.43 5.56 Beat by 0.13
Q3 FY26 5.20 5.11 Miss by 0.09
Q4 FY26 5.41 — Reports 5 February 2027

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5.85 5.39 4.87 — —
’25 4.45 2.26 5.65 4.70 17.04
’24 4.49 3.20 4.61 4.64 16.92
’23 6.07 6.02 5.54 5.04 22.74
’22 5.78 6.48 6.31 5.72 24.29
’21 2.85 4.83 5.12 5.87 18.31
’20 (2.58) 3.18 2.05 1.73 4.30
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 6,552 6,930 7,010 — —
’25 6,690 6,974 7,037 6,929 27,631
’24 6,486 6,480 6,586 7,213 26,765
’23 6,399 6,890 6,893 6,767 26,949
’22 6,753 6,869 6,666 6,697 26,985
’21 5,904 6,978 6,380 6,582 25,844
’20 4,667 4,533 5,405 5,785 20,390
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 22 (71) 209 — —
’25 (52) (178) 192 151 112
’24 295 (60) (70) 150 315
’23 510 (3) 256 (39) 724
’22 643 252 548 225 1,668
’21 526 404 629 69 1,628
’20 114 781 270 43 1,208
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (34) (141) 134 — —
’25 (128) (257) 123 64 (197)
’24 201 (147) (151) 84 (14)
’23 415 (107) 169 (163) 314
’22 587 148 472 132 1,339
’21 485 329 585 50 1,449
’20 73 748 233 15 1,068
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 21,609 21,535 21,413 21,336 20,390 25,844 26,985 26,949 26,765 27,631 27,421 +2.8% 27,588 28,386 29,315 +2.0%
Gross margin, % 15.33 15.60 15.87 16.51 17.49 19.16 19.51 19.04 17.88 17.91 17.74 +2.6 pt
EBT 702 637 529 613 550 1,808 1,834 1,350 917 885 960 +2.6%
EBT margin, % 3.25 2.96 2.47 2.87 2.70 7.00 6.79 5.01 3.42 3.20 3.50 (0.1) pt
Net income 431 435 396 450 382 1,373 1,377 1,021 692 649 722 +4.7%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 209.59 220.19 235.56 236.80 230.92 348.30 479.31 604.24 660.87 734.88 830.95 +15.0%
Earnings 4.15 4.43 4.34 4.97 4.30 18.31 24.29 22.74 16.92 17.04 20.81 +17.0%
Cash flow 5.00 5.52 5.62 8.54 13.68 21.94 29.63 16.23 7.77 2.98 9.42 (5.6%)
Capex (2.31) (2.97) (4.16) (2.53) (1.58) (2.41) (5.84) (9.20) (8.11) (8.23) (8.73) +15.2%
Free cash flow 2.70 2.55 1.46 6.01 12.10 19.53 23.79 7.03 (0.34) (5.25) 0.69 n/m
Book value 22.41 24.23 29.88 35.10 36.64 32.04 36.37 49.58 60.67 62.26 68.66 +12.0%
Shares, m 103 98 91 90 88 74 56 45 41 38 35 (10.6%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 11.85 11.74 8.24 9.78 15.93 6.26 4.41 6.65 10.03 12.10 9.00 9.7
P/S 0.24 0.24 0.15 0.21 0.30 0.34 0.22 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.23 0.2
P/B 2.20 2.17 1.19 1.39 1.90 3.65 2.95 3.04 2.80 3.32 2.73 2.5
EV/Sales 0.35 0.34 0.27 0.29 0.51 0.46 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.49 0.47 0.4
EV/FCF 27.20 29.48 43.45 11.25 9.83 8.14 7.41 33.43 (789.01) (68.63) 567.00 (68.7)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 516 540 511 769 1,208 1,628 1,668 724 315 112 311 (15.6%)
Capex (238) (291) (379) (228) (140) (179) (329) (410) (328) (309) (288) +3.0%
Free cash flow 278 249 132 541 1,068 1,449 1,339 314 (14) (197) 23 n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1,114) (838) (774) (689) (13) (248) (268) (1,276) (1,614) (893) (1,412) (2.4%)
Net debt 2,488 2,220 2,508 1,707 1,571 3,126 3,888 3,766 4,010 5,791 6,804 +9.8%
Shareholders’ equity 2,310 2,369 2,716 3,162 3,236 2,377 2,048 2,211 2,457 2,341 2,266 +0.1%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.39 4.28 3.78 4.24 3.74 14.58 14.50 9.27 5.54 4.74 4.84 +0.3 pt
ROIC 11.59 11.49 9.31 10.57 7.32 21.61 21.32 17.27 12.62 9.53 8.69 (2.1) pt
ROE 18.48 18.57 15.57 15.31 11.93 48.92 62.26 47.95 29.65 27.05 30.22 +8.6 pt
People
People Employees 26,000 26,000 26,000 25,000 21,600 22,200 23,600 25,300 25,100 24,800 — (0.5%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.85 0.94 1.16 1.14 1.07 1.07 1.11 — +3.3%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

AutoNation, Inc. vs peers in Auto & Truck Dealerships (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KMX CarMax, Inc. $7.5B 25.8× 17.2× +19.46% (above 0%: growing) +81.25% (above 0%: growing) +23.18% (above 0%: growing) 10.15% 3.00% Compare
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. $6.8B 9.1× 8.2× +2.80% (above 0%: growing) +53.54% (above 0%: growing) +39.80% (above 0%: growing) 15.04% 4.22% Compare
AN AutoNation, Inc. $6.0B 9.0× 8.5× −0.39% (below 0%: shrinking) −13.81% (below 0%: shrinking) +8.79% (above 0%: growing) 17.23% 4.49%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. $5.7B 19.1× 17.7× +12.35% (above 0%: growing) +19.02% (above 0%: growing) −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.31% 5.11% Compare
VVV Valvoline $4.6B 44.7× 31.9× +24.05% (above 0%: growing) +15.91% (above 0%: growing) +110.31% (above 0%: growing) 39.46% 20.60% Compare
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. $4.4B — (loss-making) 29.6× +12.60% (above 0%: growing) +38.46% (above 0%: growing) +44.62% (above 0%: growing) 44.89% 17.57% Compare
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. $3.9B 26.1× 17.7× −1.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.04% 5.12% Compare
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. $3.7B 8.2× 7.5× −8.07% (below 0%: shrinking) −22.18% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.57% 4.68% Compare
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $3.2B 8.4× 7.1× −6.68% (below 0%: shrinking) +772.03% (above 0%: growing) +180.76% (above 0%: growing) 15.84% 3.72% Compare
Median of peers $4.5B 19.1× 17.5× +7.58% +28.74% +31.49% 17.44% 4.90%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.40%
William H. Gates IIIOne Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 20.60%
The Vanguard Group100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 10.40%
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