For the quarter ended December 2025, AutoNation (AN) reported revenue of $6.93 billion, down 3.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $5.08, compared to $4.97 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.98% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.14 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.91, the EPS surprise was +3.42%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how AutoNation performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Retail vehicle unit sales - Total: 127,767 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 136,468.
- Revenue per vehicle retailed - New: $53,073.00 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $52,335.68.
- Revenue per vehicle retailed - Used: $27,933.00 versus $26,923.61 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Gross profit per vehicle retailed - Finance and insurance: $2,891.00 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2,721.77.
- Retail vehicle unit sales - Used: 62,926 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 66,872.
- Revenue- Other: $3.5 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $5.97 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -46.2%.
- Revenue- New Vehicle: $3.44 billion versus $3.63 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.8% change.
- Revenue- Used Vehicle: $1.89 billion compared to the $1.91 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.1% year over year.
- Revenue- Parts and service: $1.22 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.22 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.1%.
- Revenue- Finance and insurance net: $369.4 million compared to the $370.93 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Used Vehicle- Retail used vehicle: $1.76 billion compared to the $1.77 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of 0% year over year.
- Revenue- Used Vehicle- Wholesale: $133.2 million compared to the $147.78 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -13.1% year over year.
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Shares of AutoNation have returned -5.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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