ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 13 (better than 13% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock AutoNation are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for AutoNation. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 53, which means that the share price of AutoNation is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 53% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 55, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 39. Professional investors are more confident in 61% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 9. This means 91% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than AutoNation. ...read more