AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) established initial surge of 3.63% at $130.07, as the Stock market unbolted on March 16, 2023. During the day, the stock rose to $130.11 and sunk to $123.30 before settling in for the price of $125.51 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, AN posted a 52-week range of $94.92-$158.30.
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The Consumer Cyclical Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 4.60%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 43.60%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 32.70%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $49.70 million, simultaneously with a float of $40.13 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $6.22 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $128.76, while the 200-day Moving Average is $117.91.
Let’s gauge the efficiency of the firm, which has a total of 23600 employees. For the Profitability, stocks gross margin was +18.77, operating margin was +7.39 and Pretax Margin of +6.79.
AutoNation Inc. (AN) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the AutoNation Inc. industry. AutoNation Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.30%, in contrast to 97.80% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 09, this organization’s EVP & Chief Cust Exp Officer sold 5,800 shares at the rate of 144.52, making the entire transaction reach 838,200 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 18,279. Preceding that transaction, on Mar 08, Company’s EVP & Chief Cust Exp Officer sold 3,000 for 142.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 426,000. This particular insider is now the holder of 24,079 in total.
AutoNation Inc. (AN) Earnings and Revenue Records
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 9/29/2022, it has been observed that the corporation posted $6.31 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better the consensus figure (set at $6.27) by $0.04. This company achieved a net margin of +5.11 while generating a return on equity of 62.27. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.37 per share during the current fiscal year.
AutoNation Inc.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 32.70% and is forecasted to reach 20.48 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 24.70% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 43.60% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for AutoNation Inc. (AN). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.30. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 5.44. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $5.35, and its Beta score is 1.10. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.23. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 4.65.
In the same vein, AN’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 24.29, a figure that is expected to reach 5.83 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 20.48 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of AutoNation Inc. (AN)
Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [AutoNation Inc., AN]. During the last 5-days, its volume was better the volume of 0.81 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 22.17% While, its Average True Range was 5.76.
Raw Stochastic average of AutoNation Inc. (AN) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 55.20%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 39.33% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 35.81% that was lower than 40.88% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.