---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000350698-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AN"
cik: "0000350698"
company_name: "AUTONATION, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:51:37.142230+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoNation Q4 GAAP EPS $5.04, revenue $6.8B (+1% YoY); after-sales record gross profit

## Summary
- Q4 2023 GAAP EPS $5.04; adjusted EPS $5.02.
- Q4 revenue $6.8B (+1% YoY); full year revenue $26.9B.
- After-sales double-digit growth and record gross profit for Q4 and full year.
- Share repurchases of $151M in Q4 and $864M for full year 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000350698-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AN
- cik: 0000350698
- company_name: AUTONATION, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000019/0000350698-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000019/an-20240213.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-24-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-24-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-24-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AUTONATION, INC. reported the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $26.9 billion.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $26.9 billion
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Q4 2023 Revenue $6.8 billion, Full Year 2023 Revenue $26.9 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000019/0000350698-24-000019-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  AUTONATION, INC. reported fourth quarter 2023 results: revenue $6.8 billion, EPS $5.04.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $6.8 billion
  - EPS: $5.04
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) today reported fourth quarter 2023 GAAP EPS of $5.04 and adjusted EPS of $5.02. Fourth quarter 2023 revenue was $6.8 billion, an increase of 1% compared to the same period a year ago.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000019/0000350698-24-000019-index.htm

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