AUTONATION, INC.
AUTONATION, INC. (AN) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
• AutoNation looks like a car seller but earns nearly half its gross profit from parts and service, the high-margin, recurring repair-shop business that keeps generating cash whether or not new-car volumes are strong. • The capital-return program is the defining feature: the company repurchased $300 million of stock in the most recent quarter and has cut shares outstanding more than 11% year over year, so per-share earnings rise even when revenue is roughly flat. • The risk is cyclical and credi
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493 institutional managers reported holding AN in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 68% of the company; the top 10 hold 37%. 58 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 2.4M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 7% of shares outstanding (6.9 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
AN has cut its share count 56% over the past five years, spending $5.44B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.91B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at AN over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $200k. 16 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
AN's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-22 | -12.3% | -3.4% |
| 2023-10-28 | +0.1% | +15.1% |
| 2024-02-17 | -6.3% | +8.0% |
| 2024-04-27 | +5.9% | -6.2% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
AN's latest 8-K filings: 2026-05-01 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-29 (items 5.02, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-02-06 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-11-14 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2025-10-31 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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