Autonation Inc (AN) stock expected to gain 19.4% in the coming months

Ulysses Smith

Autonation Inc [AN] stock prices are up 1.59% to $196.82 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AN shares have gain 3.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.14%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Autonation Inc [NYSE: AN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 12, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $250. Previously, Citigroup started tracking the stock with Buy rating on April 23, 2025, and set its price target to $217. On January 24, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $192 on the stock. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $200 on September 25, 2024. Stephens initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $210 as its price target on September 12, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight for this stock on February 29, 2024, and upped its price target to $140. In a note dated January 17, 2024, Evercore ISI initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $185 on this stock.

The stock price of Autonation Inc [AN] has been fluctuating between $148.33 and $228.92 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $235 within the next 12 months. Autonation Inc [NYSE: AN] shares were valued at $196.82 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.4% based on the average AN price forecast.

Analyzing the AN fundamentals

The Autonation Inc [NYSE:AN] reported sales of 27.92B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 6.85%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.18% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.15. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.13.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 194.59 points at the first support level, and at 192.36 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 198.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 199.20.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Autonation Inc [NYSE:AN]’s Current Ratio is 0.79. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.20 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.26, the price to book ratio is 2.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.58.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved EDMUNDS C COLEMAN, EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec, that happened on May 16 ’25 when 12324.0 shares were sold. Officer, EDMUNDS C COLEMAN completed a deal on May 16 ’25 to buy 12324.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director GRUSKY ROBERT R sold 1000.0 shares on Dec 05 ’24.

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