Autonation Inc (NYSE:AN) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price down by -2.57% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $159.08.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $163.27, falling within a range of $155.555 and $164.98. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.32 whereas the PE ratio was 9.39 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $198.50, and the low was $150.08. On the whole, AN has fluctuated by -12.01% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Autonation Inc currently standing at about $6.24 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-10.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 27.19B, with a low estimate of 6.4B and a high estimate of 6.72B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 6.53B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that AN’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.85, with the price of AN currently trading nearly -4.97% and -11.41% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 36.66, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.40% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.52%. Furthermore, Autonation Inc (AN)’s beta value is 1.15, and its average true range (ATR) is 6.01.
A comparison of Autonation Inc (AN) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. AN showed an intraday change of -2.57% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -1.77%%.
Data on historical trading for Autonation Inc (NYSE:AN) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.53 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 480.78K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 39.03 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 26.77% of Autonation Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 68.65% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.57 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 3.15. According to the data, the short interest in Autonation Inc (AN) stood at 493.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 1.57 million. The stock has fallen by -6.34% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the AN stock heading into the next quarter.
