Autonation (AN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Autonation (AN) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 4.6% for Q2 2026, up 148.0% year-over-year from 1.86% in Q2 2025, and down 4.04% on a QoQ basis from 4.8% in Q1 2026.
Autonation (AN) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Autonation has reported Operating Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 4.6% in Q2 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 4.6%, up 148.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 4.81% (up 28.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.49%, down 39.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin fell to 4.6% in Q2 2026, from 4.8% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 8.12% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 3.12% in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of 5.64% and a median of 5.27% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin soared 198 bps; it then plunged 213 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 6.34% in 2022, then fell by 19 bps to 5.17% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 4.71% in 2024, then fell by 4 bps to 4.53% in 2025, then increased by 2 bps to 4.6% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 4.6% in Q2 2026, 4.8% in Q1 2026, and 4.53% in Q4 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.60% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.80% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.53% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.29% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.25% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.17% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.93% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.84% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.09% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.89% |