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Friday, October 28, 2016

=AutoNation (AN) reported earnings on Fri 28 Oct 2016 (b/o)





AutoNation misses by $0.10, reports revs in-line; negatively impacted by Takata airbag recall, manufacturer incentives; authorizes additional $250 mln buyback  :
  • Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $1.05 per share, $0.10 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $1.15; revenues rose 4.0% year/year to $5.57 bln vs the $5.61 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
  • The Company estimates that the Takata airbag recall negatively impacted third quarter 2016 net income from continuing operations by approximately $6 million after-tax, or $0.06 per share. At the end of the third quarter, approximately 14% of AutoNation's used vehicle inventory was on hold due to the Takata airbag recall.
  • Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $250 million of AutoNation's common stock.
  • "Certain manufacturers continued disruptive marketing and sales incentives, which resulted in multi-tier pricing and were unfair for consumers as well as retailers. In the third quarter, these incentives had a significant negative impact on new vehicle volume and gross profit per new vehicle retailed."

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