AutoNation Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:AN Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
18 Feb 25	SellUS$82,606,957	Edward Lampert	Individual	458,706	US$196.22
05 Dec 24	SellUS$179,789	Robert Grusky	Individual	1,000	US$179.79
25 Nov 24	SellUS$76,985,573	Edward Lampert	Individual	446,368	US$179.85
21 Nov 24	SellUS$76,974	Kimberly Dees	Individual	453	US$169.92
27 Aug 24	SellUS$9,212,412	Edward Lampert	Individual	50,419	US$183.43
01 Aug 24	SellUS$63,763	Robert Grusky	Individual	350	US$182.18
31 Jul 24	SellUS$10,361,564	Edward Lampert	Individual	53,562	US$193.45
16 Jul 24	SellUS$21,898,896	Edward Lampert	Individual	124,770	US$182.34
29 Apr 24	SellUS$1,680,000	David Edelson	Individual	10,000	US$168.00
21 Mar 24	SellUS$42,977,911	Edward Lampert	Individual	263,100	US$164.64
04 Mar 24	SellUS$248,211	Kimberly Dees	Individual	1,630	US$152.28
01 Mar 24	SellUS$549,436	Lisa Lutoff-Perlo	Individual	3,671	US$149.67
23 Feb 24	BuyUS$200,020	Thomas Szlosek	Individual	1,421	US$140.76

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: AN insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of AN?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	22,162	0.0548%
Individual Insiders	6,152,700	15.2%
Institutions	34,260,065	84.7%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.42% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
18.1%	Cascade Investment, L.L.C.	7,062,629	US$1.3b	-28.5%	2.31%
7.92%	Edward Lampert	3,092,670	US$585.0m	-16.4%	no data
7.78%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	3,036,834	US$574.4m	-4.15%	0.01%
7.19%	Melinda Gates	2,808,674	US$531.3m	7.97%	no data
6.23%	BlackRock, Inc.	2,434,081	US$460.4m	-4.73%	0.01%
4.65%	Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	1,814,228	US$343.2m	12.6%	0.21%
4.08%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,595,146	US$301.7m	0.09%	0.04%
3.74%	Brave Warrior Advisors, LLC	1,461,213	US$276.4m	50.3%	6.48%
2.83%	Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.	1,104,934	US$209.0m	63%	0.76%
2.24%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	874,196	US$165.4m	2.36%	0.01%
2.18%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	851,870	US$161.1m	23.3%	0.05%
1.73%	LSV Asset Management	676,615	US$128.0m	-9.3%	0.26%
1.72%	GAMCO Investors, Inc.	673,180	US$127.3m	-1.47%	0.5%
1.47%	Adage Capital Management, L.P.	575,000	US$108.8m	423%	0.19%
1.35%	Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	527,496	US$99.8m	11.6%	0.21%
1.25%	Invesco Ltd.	489,507	US$92.6m	4.35%	0.02%
1.11%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	435,363	US$82.4m	0.38%	0.01%
0.86%	Cartenna Capital LP	334,616	US$63.3m	0%	4.46%
0.84%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	327,165	US$61.9m	1.96%	0.01%
0.78%	UBS Asset Management AG	304,615	US$57.6m	163%	no data
0.72%	Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation	282,198	US$53.4m	-1.59%	0.57%
0.71%	Northern Trust Global Investments	276,355	US$52.3m	42.6%	0.01%
0.66%	BNY Asset Management	259,057	US$49.0m	-3.16%	0.01%
0.65%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	253,823	US$48.0m	-19.1%	0.01%
0.64%	Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.	249,541	US$47.2m	-1.71%	0.9%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/21 23:44
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/21 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

AutoNation, Inc. is covered by 30 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research
Andrew Fung	Berenberg
John Murphy	BofA Global Research