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AUTONATION, INC. AN

Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations · CIK 0000350698 · Fiscal year ends 1231

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$7.01B
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Operating income
$314.60M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30
Free cash flow
$133.60M
Fiscal year ended 2026-09-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$5.60BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$161.33Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income8.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue0.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity2.4×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

8.6× earnings today, against a median of 5.7× across 10 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$5.60B8.6×
2024-06-28$4.10B5.9×
2023-06-30$4.70B4.6×
2022-06-30$4.30B3.1×
2021-06-30$4.50B3.3×
2020-06-30$2.10B5.5×
2019-12-31$2.30B5.1×
2018-06-29$2.60B6.6×
2017-06-30$2.70B6.2×
2016-06-30$3.00B7.0×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
FCF margin-0.7%0th
Current ratio0.84x12th
Effective tax rate26.6%73th
Revenue YoY growth3.2%35th
Gross margin17.9%62th
Operating margin4.5%58th
SBC / revenue0.2%43th
CapEx / revenue1.1%44th
Net margin2.3%47th

AUTONATION, INC. (AN) reported revenue of $7.01B and net income of $162.30M for the fiscal year ended 2026-09-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from AUTONATION, INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations.

Income

AUTONATION, INC. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Revenue$7.01B$6.93B$6.55B$6.93B$7.04B$6.97B$6.69B$7.21B$6.59B$6.48B
Cost of revenue$5.80B$5.70B$5.34B$5.71B$5.80B$5.70B$5.47B$5.97B$5.40B$5.32B
Gross profit$1.21B$1.23B$1.21B$1.21B$1.24B$1.28B$1.22B$1.24B$1.18B$1.16B
Operating income$314.60M$319.00M$314.30M$313.90M$372.40M$217.60M$336.00M$339.50M$350.70M$275.00M
Net income$162.30M$182.10M$205.40M$172.10M$215.10M$86.40M$175.50M$186.10M$185.80M$130.20M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 33.30Mshares 33.80Mshares 35.10MUnavailableshares 38.10Mshares 38.30Mshares 39.40MUnavailableshares 40.30Mshares 40.70M
Pretax incomeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$241.80M$247.40M$174.20M
Income tax expense$53.20M$61.70M$70.30M$52.40M$72.50M$52.00M$58.50M$55.70M$61.60M$44.00M
Diluted EPS$4.87$5.39$5.85Unavailable$5.65$2.26$4.45Unavailable$4.61$3.20
Selling, general & administrative$849.10M$856.30M$842.20M$835.50M$850.10M$854.70M$821.90M$833.70M$811.30M$825.80M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

AUTONATION, INC. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Cash & equivalents$51.20M$53.30M$65.50M$58.60M$97.60M$62.90M$70.50M$59.80M$60.20M$85.90M
Total assets$15.60B$15.48B$14.62B$14.39B$14.20B$13.57B$13.33B$13.00B$12.91B$12.83B
Current assets$4.73B$4.85B$4.58B$4.65B$4.69B$4.62B$4.55B$4.70B$4.75B$4.85B
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$6.15B$6.20B$5.63B$5.54B$5.91B$5.69B$5.88B$6.31B$5.96B$6.22B
Total equity incl. NCI$2.27B$2.26B$2.23B$2.34B$2.51B$2.47B$2.40B$2.46B$2.37B$2.18B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$3.67B$3.74B$3.44B$3.40B$3.49B$3.45B$3.23B$3.36B$3.53B$3.55B
Accounts receivable$555.80M$600.30M$600.10M$693.40M$621.90M$628.70M$764.40M$774.00M$673.00M$640.60M
Goodwill$1.42B$1.42B$1.41B$1.41B$1.40B$1.39B$1.45B$1.45B$1.45B$1.45B
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$3.70BUnavailableUnavailable$3.10B$2.61B$3.12B$3.12B
Accounts payable$349.20M$339.00M$376.90M$369.90M$351.70M$340.00M$331.50M$376.60M$298.60M$338.90M

Cash flow

AUTONATION, INC. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Operating cash flow$209.30M-$71.10M$22.20M$150.50M$191.70M-$177.80M-$52.50M$149.80M-$70.00M-$59.60M
Capital expenditures$75.70M$69.60M$56.40M$86.30M$68.90M$79.00M$75.20M$66.30M$81.00M$87.50M
Investing cash flow-$67.50M-$379.00M-$48.90M-$157.40M-$319.10M-$74.40M-$136.10M$44.30M$104.40M-$67.10M
Financing cash flow-$131.60M$456.60M$66.80M-$33.30M$156.00M$220.20M$214.60M-$189.10M-$45.80M$155.40M
Net change in cash$10.20M$6.50M$40.10M-$40.20M$28.60M-$32.00M$26.00M$5.00M-$11.40M$28.70M
Stock-based compensation$9.30M$8.70M$17.30M$11.00M$9.90M$8.90M$16.70M$6.70M$8.10M$7.60M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$161.70M$168.70M$301.00M$361.80M$176.00M$33.20M$220.60M$104.40M$5.60M$311.30M
Depreciation & amortizationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Derived

AUTONATION, INC. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-09-302026-06-302026-03-312025-12-312025-09-302025-06-302025-03-312024-12-312024-09-302024-06-30
Free cash flow$133.60M-$140.70M-$34.20M$64.20M$122.80M-$256.80M-$127.70M$83.50M-$151.00M-$147.10M
Gross margin17.2%17.8%18.5%17.5%17.6%18.3%18.2%17.2%18.0%17.9%
Operating margin4.5%4.6%4.8%4.5%5.3%3.1%5.0%4.7%5.3%4.2%
FCF margin1.9%-2.0%-0.5%0.9%1.7%-3.7%-1.9%1.2%-2.3%-2.3%
SBC / revenue0.1%0.1%0.3%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Current ratio0.77x0.78x0.81x0.84x0.79x0.81x0.77x0.74x0.80x0.78x
Revenue YoY growth-0.4%-0.6%-2.1%-3.9%6.9%7.6%3.2%6.6%-4.4%-5.9%
Net margin2.3%UnavailableUnavailable2.5%3.1%UnavailableUnavailable2.6%2.8%Unavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue1.1%1.0%0.9%1.2%1.0%1.1%1.1%0.9%1.2%1.4%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rateUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable23.0%UnavailableUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open AN in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-01View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-25View SEC filing

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