---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000350698-23-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T05:12:57.648326+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation Q2 2023 EPS $6.02 (adj $6.29) vs $6.48 YoY; revenue flat at $6.9B

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS of $6.29 missed prior year's $6.48; GAAP EPS of $6.02 included $0.27 weather charge.
- After-sales gross profit record $543M, up 13% YoY, offsetting new/used vehicle pressure.
- SG&A held at 61.9% of adjusted gross profit; operating expense discipline continued.
- Repurchased 1.6M shares for $207M; acquired five dealerships and opened 16th AutoNation USA store.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000350698-23-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000095/0000350698-23-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000095/an-20230721.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-23-000095.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AUTONATION, INC. reported Second Quarter 2023 results: revenue $6.9 billion, EPS $6.02.
  - Period: Second Quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $6.9 billion
  - EPS: $6.02
  - Result: reported results
  source text: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (July 21, 2023) — AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America’s most admired automotive retailer, today reported Second Quarter 2023 EPS of $6.02, which included an after-tax charge of $12.4 million or $0.27 per share in weather-related losses. Adjusted EPS was $6.29 for the Second Quarter of 2023, compared to $6.48 of EPS a year ago. Second Quarter 2023 revenue was $6.9 billion compared to $6.9 billion a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069823000095/0000350698-23-000095-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.