Autonation Inc (NYSE: AN) is 12.93% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $148.33 and a high of $217.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The AN stock was last observed hovering at around $204.4 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -7.99%.
Currently trading at $196.41, the stock is -4.14% and 1.45% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.04 million and changing -3.91% at the moment leaves the stock 10.40% off its SMA200. AN registered 15.64% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.71%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $192.0236 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $177.53.
The stock witnessed a 1.75% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 19.84%, and is -8.57% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.22% over the week and 2.26% over the month.
Autonation Inc (AN) has around 25100 employees, a market worth around $7.40B and $26.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.62 and Fwd P/E is 9.75. Profit margin for the company is 2.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.41% and -9.66% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.71%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.84% this year
603.0 institutions hold shares in Autonation Inc (AN), with institutional investors hold 94.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 37.89M, and float is at 28.13M with Short Float at 4.83%. Institutions hold 87.91% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 3.1 million shares valued at $493.52 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.6647 of the AN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 2.44 million shares valued at $389.07 million to account for 6.0424 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 1.61 million shares representing 3.9745 and valued at over $255.91 million, while BOSTON PARTNERS holds 3.5227 of the shares totaling 1.42 million with a market value of $227.58 million.
Autonation Inc (AN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by EDMUNDS C COLEMAN, the company’s EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec. SEC filings show that EDMUNDS C COLEMAN sold 12,324 shares of the company’s common stock on May 16 ’25 at a price of $190.46 per share for a total of $2.35 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 19919.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 05 ’24, GRUSKY ROBERT R (Director) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $179.79 for $0.18 million. The insider now directly holds 44,595 shares of Autonation Inc (AN).
