---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144980-22-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABG"
cik: "0001144980"
company_name: "ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:51:12.599147+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Asbury Automotive Q4 EPS $6.44, adjusted $7.46; revenue $2.7B up 19%; share repurchase auth increased.

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $6.44 diluted (+40% YoY); adjusted EPS $7.46 (+68% YoY).
- Q4 revenue $2.7B (+19%), gross profit +46%, operating margin 8.9% (+290 bps).
- Full year 2021 revenue $9.8B (+38%); adjusted EBITDA $828M (+94%).
- Board authorized $100M increase in share repurchase program to $200M total.
- Acquisitions added ~$6.6B annualized revenue; adjusted net leverage 2.7x at Dec 31.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144980-22-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABG
- cik: 0001144980
- company_name: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498022000038/0001144980-22-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144980/000114498022000038/abg-20220215.htm

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