Autonation Inc (AN) went down -2.18% yesterday: Is this the Most Sought-After Stock Today?

Shaun Noe

As on Wednesday, Autonation Inc (NYSE: AN) started slowly as it slid -2.18% to $210.59, before settling in for the price of $215.29 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, AN posted a 52-week range of $148.33-$228.92.

The Consumer Cyclical sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 27.76% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 27.76%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 14.83%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $36.88 million, simultaneously with a float of $27.19 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $7.68 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $208.47, while the 200-day Moving Average is $194.44.

Autonation Inc (AN) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry. Autonation Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 25.44%, in contrast to 70.65% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on May 16 ’25, this organization’s EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec sold 12,324 shares at the rate of 190.46, making the entire transaction reach 2,347,172 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 19,919.

Autonation Inc (AN) Earnings and Revenue Records

Autonation Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 14.83% and is forecasted to reach 21.22 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 9.82% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 27.76% 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 0.20. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $12.39, and its Beta score is 0.88. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.28.

In the same vein, AN’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 17.00, a figure that is expected to reach 4.95 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 21.22 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Autonation Inc (AN)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Autonation Inc, AN], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.42 million was lower the volume of 0.47 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 81.03% While, its Average True Range was 64.03.

Raw Stochastic average of Autonation Inc (AN) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 55.55%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 73.34% 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 5.61 that was higher than 5.03 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.

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