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▼ FY 2025 Summary Analysis
Annual report ending Dec 31, 2025Overview and Growth
Fiscal 2025 results for AUTONATION, INC. combined $27.63B of revenue with net income of $649.10M and an operating cash inflow of $111.90M. At $27.63B, the top line establishes the operating scale supporting the company’s profit and cash-flow profile. Compared with $26.77B in fiscal 2024, revenue recorded a 3.2% year-over-year increase. On a per-share basis, diluted EPS was $17.04, which connects the reported earnings outcome with the company’s diluted share count. Against diluted EPS of $16.92 in fiscal 2024, the current result was 0.7% higher. The revenue-to-assets relationship was 1.92x, showing the sales generated relative to the resources carried on the balance sheet.Profitability
The first profit layer was $4.95B of gross profit, the amount available after reported direct revenue costs to absorb operating expenses. Gross profit represented 17.9% of revenue, showing how much of the top line remained after direct costs. Operating income was $1.24B, the earnings remaining from reported operations after the company’s recognized operating cost structure. Operating margin measured 4.5%, showing the portion of revenue preserved after the full set of operating costs. The bottom-line result was net income of $649.10M, after the operating, financing, tax, and other items recognized for the period. The final earnings result represented 2.3% of revenue, connecting the absolute net income figure with the company’s top-line scale. The earnings statement records $884.50M of pretax income, the profit base against which the reported tax provision can be assessed. Measured against revenue, pretax income equaled 3.2%, adding a pre-tax profitability layer between revenue and net income. Income tax expense totaled $235.40M, providing the reported tax component that separates pretax and after-tax earnings. The income-tax provision equaled 26.6% of pretax income, showing the tax burden absorbed by the year’s earnings. Net income equaled 27.7% of period-end equity, showing the earnings generated on shareholders’ book capital. Return on period-end assets was 4.5%, connecting net income with the company’s total asset base.Liquidity and Capital Structure
The company held $14.39B of assets against $12.05B of liabilities and $2.34B of equity, revealing how the asset base was financed. The near-term balance sheet paired $4.65B of current assets with $5.54B of current liabilities at the reporting date. The current ratio was 0.84x; current liabilities exceeded current assets, leaving a short-term liquidity deficit. Reported cash and equivalents were $58.60M, separating immediately recognizable cash resources from the rest of the current-asset base. The cash balance equaled 1.1% of current liabilities, showing how much near-term coverage came from cash alone. The liabilities-to-assets relationship was 83.7%, placing reported obligations against the full positive asset balance. The cash-to-assets relationship was 0.4%, comparing reported cash and equivalents with the full positive asset balance. Total assets were 10.7% higher than fiscal 2024 assets of $13.00B, measuring the company’s own balance-sheet change.Cash Flow and Earnings Quality
Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $111.90M, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. Operating cash flow equaled 0.17x of net income, showing how strongly accounting earnings converted into cash from operations. The cash-flow statement records $309.40M of capital expenditures, the investment amount considered after operating cash generation. Capital expenditures represented 276.5% of operating cash flow, leaving the remainder available as free cash flow. Operating cash flow and capital spending combined to leave a $197.50M cash deficit after capital spending. The free-cash-flow deficit equaled 0.7% of revenue, showing the post-investment cash shortfall relative to sales. The free-cash-flow deficit equaled 1.4% of total assets, placing the cash shortfall against the company’s resource base.
Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025.
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