AUTONATION, INC. AN

Consumer discretionary SIC 5500 - Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations NAICS Retail Trade › Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers derived NYSE

AutoNation, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, we owned and operated 323 new vehicle franchises from 245 stores located in the United States, predominantly in major metropolitan markets in the Sunbelt region. Our stores, which we believe include some of the most recognizable and well-known in our key markets, sell 30 different new vehicle brands. The core brands of new vehicles that we sell, representing approximately 89% of the new vehicles that we sold in 2025, are manufactured by Toyota (including Lexus), Honda, Ford, General Motors, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Volkswagen (including Audi and Porsche). As of December 31, 2025, we also owned and operated 52 AutoNation-branded collision centers, 26 AutoNation USA used vehicle stores, 4 AutoNation-branded automotive auction operations, 3 parts distribution centers, a mobile automotive repair and maintenance business, and an auto finance company.

Last close 161.05 2026-10-23
Market cap $5.32B 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 151.82 - 235.81

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.2x
P/E9.5x
P/FCF—
EV/EBITDA4.3x
Dividend yield—
Diluted EPS17.04

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $27.63B$26.77B$26.95B$26.98B$25.84B$20.39B$21.34B$21.41B$21.53B$21.61B
Cost of revenue $22.68B$21.98B$21.82B$21.72B$20.89B$16.82B$17.81B$18.02B$18.18B$18.30B
Gross profit $4.95B$4.79B$5.13B$5.27B$4.95B$3.57B$3.52B$3.40B$3.36B$3.31B
SG&A $3.36B$3.26B$3.25B$3.03B$2.88B$2.42B$2.56B$2.51B$2.44B$2.35B
Operating income $1.24B$1.31B$1.65B$2.02B$1.90B$563.2M$823.6M$777.9M$843.4M$889.5M
Pre-tax income $884.5M$916.7M$1.35B$1.83B$1.81B$550.1M$612.6M$529.4M$636.5M$702.3M
Income tax $235.4M$224.5M$330.0M$455.8M$435.1M$168.3M$161.8M$133.5M$201.5M$270.6M
Net income $649.1M$692.2M$1.02B$1.38B$1.37B$381.6M$450.0M$396.0M$434.6M$430.5M
EPS, basic 17.2617.0922.8924.4718.504.324.994.364.444.18
EPS, diluted 17.0416.9222.7424.2918.314.304.974.344.434.15
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 38.1M40.9M44.9M56.7M75.0M88.7M90.5M91.3M98.2M103.8M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $58.6M$59.8M$77.0M$95.4M$60.6M$569.7M$42.5M$49.4M$71.1M$65.4M
Receivables $693.4M$774.0M$762.0M$634.5M$539.9M$595.0M$662.0M$706.7M$854.3M$1.03B
Inventory $3.40B$3.36B$3.03B$2.05B$1.85B$2.60B$3.31B$3.65B$3.37B$3.52B
Total current assets $4.65B$4.70B$4.31B$3.14B$2.81B$4.15B$4.41B$4.88B$4.80B$4.71B
Property, plant and equipment $3.96B$3.79B$3.79B$3.61B$3.42B$3.14B$3.17B$3.16B$2.96B$2.84B
Goodwill $1.41B$1.45B$1.47B$1.32B$1.24B$1.19B$1.50B$1.51B$1.51B$1.51B
Other intangibles $1.03B$905.9M$927.8M$837.0M$743.5M$521.5M$581.6M$595.4M$586.8M$598.2M
Total assets $14.39B$13.00B$11.98B$10.06B$8.94B$9.89B$10.54B$10.67B$10.27B$10.06B
Accounts payable $369.9M$376.6M$344.7M$327.6M$395.9M$335.2M$290.3M$306.2M$309.8M$303.7M
Total current liabilities $5.54B$6.31B$5.58B$3.41B$3.06B$4.17B$5.10B$5.66B$5.64B$5.83B
Retained earnings $5.98B$5.33B$4.64B$3.66B$4.64B$4.07B$3.69B$3.24B$2.83B$3.13B
Total equity $2.34B$2.46B$2.21B$2.05B$2.38B$3.24B$3.16B$2.72B$2.37B$2.31B

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $111.9M$314.7M$724.0M$1.67B$1.63B$1.21B$769.2M$511.0M$540.1M$516.0M
Stock-based compensation $46.5M$36.5M$39.7M$31.5M$35.0M$30.2M$31.1M$25.5M$20.6M$25.1M
Capital expenditure $309.4M$328.5M$410.3M$329.0M$215.7M$156.0M$269.3M$400.8M$313.4M$244.5M
Investing cash flow -$687.0M$12.3M-$569.9M-$479.3M-$460.3M-$73.7M-$115.8M-$295.3M-$227.0M-$493.0M
Financing cash flow $557.5M-$300.6M-$172.5M-$1.15B-$1.68B-$606.7M-$660.3M-$237.4M-$307.4M-$35.6M
Buybacks $791.6M$460.0M$874.4M$1.70B$2.32B$367.2M$44.7M$100.0M$434.9M$497.0M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001628280-26-007800.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. 0 10B 20B 30B Revenue, FY2016: 21.6B Gross profit, FY2016: 3.3B Net income, FY2016: 430.5M Revenue, FY2017: 21.5B Gross profit, FY2017: 3.4B Net income, FY2017: 434.6M Revenue, FY2018: 21.4B Gross profit, FY2018: 3.4B Net income, FY2018: 396M Revenue, FY2019: 21.3B Gross profit, FY2019: 3.5B Net income, FY2019: 450M Revenue, FY2020: 20.4B Gross profit, FY2020: 3.6B Net income, FY2020: 381.6M Revenue, FY2021: 25.8B Gross profit, FY2021: 5B Net income, FY2021: 1.4B Revenue, FY2022: 27B Gross profit, FY2022: 5.3B Net income, FY2022: 1.4B Revenue, FY2023: 26.9B Gross profit, FY2023: 5.1B Net income, FY2023: 1B Revenue, FY2024: 26.8B Gross profit, FY2024: 4.8B Net income, FY2024: 692.2M Revenue, FY2025: 27.6B Gross profit, FY2025: 4.9B Net income, FY2025: 649.1M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $21.61B $21.53B $21.41B $21.34B $20.39B $25.84B $26.98B $26.95B $26.77B $27.63B
Gross profit $3.31B $3.36B $3.40B $3.52B $3.57B $4.95B $5.27B $5.13B $4.79B $4.95B
Net income $430.5M $434.6M $396.0M $450.0M $381.6M $1.37B $1.38B $1.02B $692.2M $649.1M

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
  • New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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