AutoNation, Inc. has grown revenue 0.99% a year over three years and 2.7% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −3.7%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +0.99% (Auto & Truck Dealerships median +4.1%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +2.7%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −3.7%, earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something. Years of annual history on file: 18, FY2008 to FY2025, as filed.

ANAutoNation, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical

$157.44-28% 1Y

$157.44

$156.2252 weeks$224.38

Is it growing?

Mixed

Neither accelerating nor breaking down: nothing decisive, though earnings up +35% year on year.

1 good, 2 neutral

Revenue trend−0% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +3% a year.

Earnings trend+35% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing faster than revenue, so margins or the share count are helping.

Margin direction+0.3 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 4.8% now against 4.5% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is AN growing?

AutoNation, Inc. has grown revenue 0.99% a year over three years and 2.7% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at −3.7%.

+0.99%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Auto & Truck Dealerships median +4.1% · growing slowly · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +2.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +0.99% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: −3.7%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +0.99% · earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something
Years of annual history on file: 18
Years of annual history on file · FY2008 to FY2025, as filed