AutoNation Financial Ratios
NYSE: ANConsumer DiscretionaryRetail-Auto Dealers and Gas StationsUSD
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AutoNation ratio analysis
AutoNation earned a net margin of 2.3% in FY 2025, down from 2.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 17.9% compared with a median of 17.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 27.7%, meaning AutoNation generated 0.28 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.70 versus 1.53 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.84. At the end of FY 2025, AN traded at 12.1 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.4 to 16.2, with a median of 9.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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AutoNation financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 12.12 | 10.01 | 6.60 | 4.42 | 6.38 | 16.23 | 9.67 | 8.54 | 11.59 | 11.72 |
| Price / sales | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Price / book | 3.32 | 2.79 | 3.03 | 2.95 | 3.65 | 1.90 | 1.37 | 1.24 | 2.12 | 2.17 |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 17.9% | 19.0% | 19.5% | 19.2% | 17.5% | 16.5% | 15.9% | 15.6% | 15.3% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 7.5% | 7.4% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | -0.7% | -0.1% | 1.2% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 27.7% | 28.2% | 46.2% | 67.3% | 57.8% | 11.8% | 14.2% | 14.6% | 18.3% | 18.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.5% | 5.3% | 8.5% | 13.7% | 15.4% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.70 | 1.53 | 1.82 | 1.78 | 1.35 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.96 | 1.14 | 1.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.81 |
| Revenue growth | 3.2% | -0.7% | -0.1% | 4.4% | 26.7% | -4.4% | -0.4% | -0.6% | -0.3% | 3.6% |
| EPS growth | 0.7% | -25.6% | -6.4% | 32.7% | 325.8% | -13.5% | 14.5% | -2.0% | 6.7% | 6.7% |