secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTONATION, INC. (AN)
CIK:        0000350698
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000350698-24-000069
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoNation Q1 EPS $4.49 vs $6.07 YoY; net income down 34%; board authorizes $1B buyback
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- Q1 EPS $4.49 vs $6.07 a year ago; net income $190.1M, down 34% YoY.
- Revenue $6.5B, up 1% YoY; new vehicle unit sales +7% to 58,863; after-sales gross profit record $556M, +9%.
- Operating income $340.3M, down 23% YoY; adjusted operating income $347.6M, down 22%.
- Year-to-date through April 24 repurchased 1.6M shares; board authorized additional $1B stock buyback.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000069/0000350698-24-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069824000069/an-20240426.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000350698-24-000069

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