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AUTONATION INC (NYSE)
AN 17.96 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 9.21 - 21.60
Avg Volume 1,762,921
Industry RET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK
Market Cap 3.07 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 12.79
PEG Ratio 1.24
Current Year Est. 1.38
EPS Last Year 1.00
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# 2Strong Sell50.23%
# 3Hold14%
# 4Sell3.97%
# 5Hold1.85%
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GROUP 1 AUTO GPI PREMIUM
CARMAX GP (CC) KMX PREMIUM
SONIC AUTOMOTVE SAH PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.50
ABR (Last Week) 2.50
# of Recs in ABR 11
Average Target Price 20.88
Industry Rank by ABR 71 out of 217
Rank in Industry 10 out of 13
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR AN
Zacks Blog: Zacks Earnings Preview: The New York Times, Hartford Insurance, AutoNation, Electronic Arts and Allstate
Feb 08, 2010
Zacks Blog: Autonation Enters Oversold Territory
Jan 20, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Tech Data, The St. Joe Company, AutoNation, Best Buy and Home Depot
Dec 14, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Ford, CarMax, AutoNation, Apartment Investors and Equity Residential
Nov 19, 2009
Zacks Blog: CPI Up on Cars, Energy
Nov 18, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: AT&T Inc, Centennial Communications Corp, Verizon, JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and AutoNation
Nov 11, 2009
Zacks Blog: AutoNation Predicts Gloomy 2010
Nov 10, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday
Nov 04, 2009
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NEWS
Zacks Earnings Preview: The New York Times, Hartford Insurance, AutoNation, Electronic Arts and Allstate
Feb 08, 2010
AutoNation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast Scheduled for Thursday, February 11, 2010
Jan 21, 2010
BUYINS.NET: (AN) SqueezeTrigger Price is $20.411. There is $429,160,256.00 That Short Sellers Still Need To Cover
Jan 07, 2010
AutoNation: The Trend Continues Up (AN)
Jan 07, 2010
SmarTrend's Candlestick Scanner Detects Bullish Harami Pattern for AutoNation (AN)
Dec 17, 2009
Ridgewater Equity Market Review and Company Analysis of Stocks inBasic Materials, Healthcare and Services Sectors
Dec 03, 2009
The Fortune Financial Monthly Research Analysis on TeradataCorporation, Granite Construction Inc., AutoNation Inc., Dresser-RandGroup Inc., Lender Processing Services Inc. and Old RepublicInternational Corp.
Nov 23, 2009
AutoNation Seattle and BECU to Give Away a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Nov 19, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.27 0.30 1.16 1.38
Number of Estimates 10 4 11 11
Low Estimates 0.21 0.27 1.09 1.19
High Estimate 0.32 0.36 1.20 1.60
Year Ago EPS 0.12 0.23 1.00 1.16
EPS Growth 122.50% 31.52% 15.64% 19.10%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
AutoNation, Inc. is the one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. The company owns and operates new vehicle franchises from dealership locations in major metropolitan markets in numerous states, predominantly in the Sunbelt states. Its business consists primarily of the sale, financing and servicing of new and used vehicles. The company also provides other related services and products, such as the sale of parts and accessories, extended service contracts, aftermarket automotive products and collision repair services.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1
Sales 14131.9
Net Income 203.4
Price/Earnings 17.61
Price/Book 1.36
Price/Cash Flow 1.65
Price/Sales .29


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