AutoNation, Inc. (AN): Price and Financial Metrics

AN POWR Grades

• AN scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 95.14% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for AN is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• AN ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 31st percentile.

AN Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for AN is 8.43 -- better than 96.06% of US stocks.
• AN's price/sales ratio is 0.36; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 6.4% of US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for AN comes in at 16.76% -- higher than that of 87.04% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to AN, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ARW, GPI, LAD, ABG, and UAA.
• AN's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Autonation Inc's official web site, go to www.autonation.com.

AN Valuation Summary

• AN's price/sales ratio is 0.3; this is 90.32% lower than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
• Over the past 243 months, AN's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.1.
• AN's price/earnings ratio has moved down 3.4 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for AN.

AN Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 543.19%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 159.98%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -14.84%.

AN's revenue has moved up $3,502,200,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows AN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	24,072.2	1,243.6	958.3
2021-03-31	21,626.8	1,620.2	853.3
2020-12-31	20,390	1,207.6	381.6
2020-09-30	20,153.8	1,268	387.8
2020-06-30	20,210.1	1,238	304.7
2020-03-31	21,020.9	623.2	125.7

AN's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• AN has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 89.54% of graded US stocks.
• AN's asset turnover comes in at 2.595 -- ranking 19th of 164 Retail stocks.
• SAH, LE, and WINA are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with AN.

The table below shows AN's key quality metrics over time.