secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTONATION, INC. (AN)
CIK:        0000350698
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000350698-23-000021
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoNation reports record Q4 EPS $5.72 ($6.37 adj), full year EPS $24.29; revenue $27B
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- Q4 GAAP EPS $5.72, adjusted EPS $6.37, both fourth quarter records.
- Full year GAAP EPS $24.29, adjusted $24.57, up >30% YoY, also records.
- Q4 revenue $6.7B (+2% YoY), full year revenue $27B (record, +$1.1B).
- After-sales gross profit record $1.9B in full year, up 14% YoY.
- Repurchased 15.6M shares in 2022 (25% reduction), including 4.6M in Q4.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000021/0000350698-23-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000021/an-20230217.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000021

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