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

AutoNation, Inc. (AN) Return on assets

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AutoNation, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.84%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.74%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.74% (fiscal 2020) to 14.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 0.75% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.47%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 4.74% (0.80)
FY2024 5.54% (3.73)
FY2023 9.27% (5.23)
FY2022 14.5% (0.08)
FY2021 14.6% 10.84
FY2020 3.74% (0.50)
FY2019 4.24% 0.46
FY2018 3.78% (0.50)
FY2017 4.28% (0.11)
FY2016 4.39% (0.54)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.74% High 14.6%
Ten-year median 4.74%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.95%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.66%
AN AutoNation, Inc. 4.84%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 4.04%
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 3.56%
VVV Valvoline compare 3.36%
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. compare 3.07%
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 1.10%
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare −0.93%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 0.75%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.47%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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