AN vs Peers Stock Comparison

Autonation Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AN Autonation, Inc.
$160.14 -4.0% 1M -20.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.48B
P/E
7.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.45B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary

Percentile Scorecard

AN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAN
Valuation 58 #44 of 104
Growth 27 #73 of 99
Profitability 55 #45 of 99
Financial Health 17 #94 of 113
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 73
Overall 51
  • AN ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodANSPY
1 month -4.0% -0.8%
3 months -24.6% +3.5%
6 months -21.5% +7.0%
Year to date -22.4% +12.2%
1 year -20.0% +13.0%
3 years +22.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +7.1% +23.1%
5 years +33.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +5.9% +11.0%
10 years +242.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.57 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.4% -1.8%
52-week high $230.09 $779.14
52-week low $153.07 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAN
P/E now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 438.1xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -1.47median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAN
Revenue $27.45B
Gross profit $4.90B
Operating income $1.32B
Net income $774.70M
Free cash flow $12.10M
EPS (diluted) $22.92
Cash & equivalents $53.30M
Total debt $4.44B
Shares (diluted) 33.80M
Enterprise value $5.20B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAN
P/E 6.9x
P/FCF 438.1x
P/Operating cash flow 18.1x
P/S 0.2x
P/B 2.3x
P/Tangible book 5.2x
EV/EBITDA 6.1x
EV/EBIT 7.3x
EV/Revenue 0.4x
EV/FCF 800.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 33.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAN
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 22.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -13.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 38.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 294.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -38.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 102.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -76.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAN
Gross margin 17.8%
EBITDA margin 5.8%
Operating margin 4.8%
Pretax margin 3.8%
Net margin 2.8%
FCF margin 0.0%
Operating cash flow margin 1.1%
Return on equity 34.5%
Return on assets 5.1%
Return on invested capital 14.6%
Return on capital employed 14.9%
Asset turnover 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAN
Debt / assets 28.6%
Debt / equity 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x
Debt / FCF 366.6x
Liabilities / assets 85.4%
Equity / assets 14.6%
Interest coverage 13.7x
Current ratio 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.76

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAN
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 19.0%
Shareholder yield 19.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAN
Forward P/E 8.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $19.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -2.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAN
Held by institutions 72.2%
Institutions holding 509
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5%
Institutions buying 222
Institutions selling 196
Buyers to sellers 1.13

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