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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 138.5%, free cash flow grew 45.2% and total debt rose 43.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years.

161.73 1.93 +1.21%
Market cap
$5.3B
P/E
7.5×
Fwd P/E
8.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.10
Beneish M
−2.37
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.71
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 29.25%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,280.00
Revenue 27,448.50
Net Income 774.70
Free Cash Flow 12.10
Net Debt 6,716.30
Current Ratio 0.78 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 3.00 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 7.49
Fwd P/E 8.68
P/S ratio 0.20
P/B ratio 2.40
Past 5Y EPS Growth 31.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 3.58%
Next Y EPS Growth 12.42%
Next Y revenue growth 0.15%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.65%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 22.82%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 17.80%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 45.41%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 77.07%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 97.19%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 61 60 59 53
Receivables 1,040 1,066 948 834
Inventory 3,033 3,360 3,405 3,738
Other 172 212 236 221
4,307 4,698 4,648 4,846
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 345 377 370 339
ST’ Debt 449 658 264 718
Other 944 1,049 1,004 1,006
5,583 6,312 5,541 6,197

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%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 6,552 6,930 — — —
’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) — — —
’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) — — —
’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.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5.85 5.39 — — —
’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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 39.28 38.20 32.87 32.83 20.59 66.86 94.92 104.31 133.13 148.33

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 59.22 57.83 62.02 53.19 70.88 133.48 135.57 182.08 197.18 228.92
People
People Employees 26,000 26,000 26,000 25,000 21,600 22,200 23,600 25,300 25,100 24,800
Revenue/emp, $m 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.85 0.94 1.16 1.14 1.07 1.07 1.11
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
Gross margin, % 15.33 15.60 15.87 16.51 17.49 19.16 19.51 19.04 17.88 17.91
EBT 702 637 529 613 550 1,808 1,834 1,350 917 885
EBT margin, % 3.25 2.96 2.47 2.87 2.70 7.00 6.79 5.01 3.42 3.20
Net income 431 435 396 450 382 1,373 1,377 1,021 692 649
Depreciation 163 164 172 186 522 198 208 230 250 325
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
Earnings 4.15 4.43 4.34 4.97 4.30 18.31 24.29 22.74 16.92 17.04
Cash flow 5.00 5.52 5.62 8.54 13.68 21.94 29.63 16.23 7.77 2.98
Capex (2.31) (2.97) (4.16) (2.53) (1.58) (2.41) (5.84) (9.20) (8.11) (8.23)
Free cash flow 2.70 2.55 1.46 6.01 12.10 19.53 23.79 7.03 (0.34) (5.25)
Book value 22.41 24.23 29.88 35.10 36.64 32.04 36.37 49.58 60.67 62.26
Shares, m 103 98 91 90 88 74 56 45 41 38
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 11.85 11.74 8.24 9.78 15.93 6.26 4.41 6.65 10.03 12.10
P/S 0.24 0.24 0.15 0.21 0.30 0.34 0.22 0.25 0.26 0.28
P/B 2.20 2.17 1.19 1.39 1.90 3.65 2.95 3.04 2.80 3.32
EV/Sales 0.35 0.34 0.27 0.29 0.51 0.46 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.49
EV/FCF 27.20 29.48 43.45 11.25 9.83 8.14 7.41 33.43 (789.01) (68.63)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 516 540 511 769 1,208 1,628 1,668 724 315 112
Capex (238) (291) (379) (228) (140) (179) (329) (410) (328) (309)
Free cash flow 278 249 132 541 1,068 1,449 1,339 314 (14) (197)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (1,114) (838) (774) (689) (13) (248) (268) (1,276) (1,614) (893)
Total debt 2,553 2,289 2,556 1,749 2,141 3,186 3,961 3,826 4,070 5,849
Net debt 2,488 2,220 2,508 1,707 1,571 3,126 3,888 3,766 4,010 5,791
Shareholders’ equity 2,310 2,369 2,716 3,162 3,236 2,377 2,048 2,211 2,457 2,341
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.39 4.28 3.78 4.24 3.74 14.58 14.50 9.27 5.54 4.74
ROIC 11.59 11.49 9.31 10.57 7.32 21.61 21.32 17.27 12.62 9.53
ROE 18.48 18.57 15.57 15.31 11.93 48.92 62.26 47.95 29.65 27.05
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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 26.0× 20.1× +19.46% (above 0%: growing) +81.97% (above 0%: growing) +23.18% (above 0%: growing) 10.15% 3.00% Compare
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. $6.5B 9.8× 8.8× +2.17% (above 0%: growing) +16.92% (above 0%: growing) −108.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.29% 4.58% Compare
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. $5.6B 20.0× 18.1× −1.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.04% 5.12% Compare
AN AutoNation, Inc. $5.3B 7.5× 8.7× −0.64% (below 0%: shrinking) +138.50% (above 0%: growing) +45.21% (above 0%: growing) 17.77% 4.60%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. $4.5B — (loss-making) 29.2× +15.13% (above 0%: growing) +106.25% (above 0%: growing) −60.76% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.75% 16.80% Compare
VVV Valvoline $4.0B 39.3× 33.8× +24.05% (above 0%: growing) +15.91% (above 0%: growing) +110.31% (above 0%: growing) 39.46% 20.60% Compare
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. $3.9B 25.3× 18.1× −1.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% −56.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.04% 5.12% Compare
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. $3.1B 6.3× 6.7× +0.26% (above 0%: growing) −19.43% (below 0%: shrinking) −83.11% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.18% 5.01% Compare
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. $2.9B 10.1× 7.1× −5.58% (below 0%: shrinking) −20.37% (below 0%: shrinking) −45.18% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.98% 3.77% Compare
Median of peers $4.3B 20.0× 18.1× +1.22% +7.96% −56.15% 18.11% 5.07%

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AutoNation, Inc. (AN) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $649.1 million, or $17.04 per share (basic), a net margin of 2.35%.
  • Strength: AutoNation, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $27.6 billion, up 3.24% from fiscal 2024.
  • AutoNation, Inc. (AN) is an Auto & Truck Dealerships company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, AN traded at $161.73, a market capitalization of $5.3 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 7.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 23% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 27.1% and debt-to-equity 3.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.10 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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