Profitability
Weight: 20%
C-
49
- 5yr Avg ROIC 9.7%
- Operating Margin Trend -0.77 pp/yr
AN
AutoNation, Inc.
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for stable earnings power businesses.
⚠ Negative tangible book value combined with negative free cash flow — balance sheet is impaired and operating cash generation cannot rebuild it.
Grade overrides the 30.0 pillar composite — hard gates always win.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
A+
100
- 5yr Avg ROE 43.7%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR -15.6%
Growth Quality
Weight: 15%
D
33
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 1.7%
- 5yr EPS CAGR -1.8%
- Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5
Cash Generation
Weight: 15%
D
37
- 5yr FCF Margin 2.2%
- 5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.40x
Balance Sheet
Weight: 20%
D
35
- Net Debt / EBITDA 6.73x
- Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 3.40x
- Altman Z-Score 2.98
Stability
Weight: 15%
D
37
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.74
- Piotroski F-Score 5
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.4 of 4 gurus held; 3 added; 1 trimmed.
- Holders
- 4 +1
- Avg Δ position
- +61.5%
- New buys
- 0
- Full exits
- 0
- Cooperman increased +257%
- Wood decreased -97%
- Greenblatt increased +25%