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

184.32 3.80 −2.02%
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

AutoNation, Inc. (AN) Debt to equity

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AutoNation, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 3.0×, up 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (2.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (fiscal 2019) to 2.5× (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 0.6× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 2.5× 50.87%
FY2024 1.7× (4.29%)
FY2023 1.7× (10.53%)
FY2022 1.9× 44.29%
FY2021 1.3× 102.60%
FY2020 0.7× 19.64%
FY2019 0.6× (41.25%)
FY2018 0.9× (2.59%)
FY2017 1.0× (12.57%)
FY2016 1.1× 10.72%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 3.0× 0.97%
Jun 2026 3.0× 7.17%
Mar 2026 2.8× 11.91%
Dec 2025 2.5× 22.93%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 2.5×
Ten-year median 1.1×
Current reading's percentile 100

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 0.1×
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 0.2×
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare 0.3×
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 0.8×
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 1.3×
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. compare 1.5×
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 2.7×
AN AutoNation, Inc. 3.0×
VVV Valvoline compare 3.8×
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 0.6×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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