AN Cash Flow Breakdown | AUTONATION, INC.

AUTONATION, INC. Cash Flow Breakdown

Cash flow breakdown shows where AUTONATION, INC.'s cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.

Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from running the business, $111.90M came in.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from investing, $687.00M went out.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from financing, $557.50M came in.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: change in cash, $17.60M went out.

A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.

Each year (12 month)

Fiscal year end	Running the business	From investing	Buybacks	Debt paid back	New debt	Commercial paper	Staff share tax	New shares sold	Other	Not split out	Change in cash
2025-12-31	$111.90M	-$687.00M	-$791.60M			-$430.00M	-$20.30M	$700.00K		$1.80B*	-$17.60M
2024-12-31	$314.70M	$12.30M	-$460.00M		$0.00	$190.00M	-$19.10M	$500.00K		-$12.00M*	$26.40M
2023-12-31	$724.00M	-$569.90M	-$874.40M		$0.00	$390.00M	-$27.40M	$1.90M		$337.40M*	-$18.40M
2022-12-31	$1.67B	-$479.30M	-$1.70B		$698.80M	-$290.00M	-$31.30M	$3.40M		$164.60M*	$34.80M
2021-12-31	$1.63B	-$460.30M	-$2.32B			$340.00M	-$18.00M	$54.50M		$265.20M*	-$509.10M
2020-12-31	$1.21B	-$73.70M	-$367.20M			-$170.00M	-$8.10M	$52.70M	$0.00	-$114.10M*	$527.20M
2019-12-31	$769.20M	-$115.80M	-$44.70M			-$460.00M	-$3.00M	$12.70M	$0.00	-$165.30M*	-$6.90M
2018-12-31	$511.00M	-$295.30M	-$100.00M			$300.00M	-$2.70M	$17.80M	-$2.50M*	-$450.00M*	-$21.70M
2017-12-31	$540.10M	-$227.00M	-$434.90M			-$612.00M	-$1.10M	$39.70M	$0.00*	$700.90M*	$5.70M
2016-12-31	$516.00M	-$493.00M	-$497.00M			$342.50M	-$2.00M	$8.40M	$600.00K*	$111.90M*	-$12.60M
2015-12-31	$507.20M	-$509.40M	-$237.30M			$599.50M		$30.00M	$17.90M	-$409.20M*	-$1.30M
2014-12-31	$485.10M	-$376.00M	-$487.70M		$0.00	$0.00		$35.10M	$18.00M	$331.70M*	$6.20M
2013-12-31	$484.10M	-$257.80M	-$67.30M		$0.00	$0.00		$22.70M	$10.00M	-$192.20M*	-$500.00K
2012-12-31	$316.60M	-$297.80M	-$575.60M		$350.00M			$30.60M	$10.60M	$148.70M*	-$16.90M
2011-12-31	$376.40M	-$206.20M	-$579.80M		$0.00			$78.00M	$22.80M	$300.30M*	-$8.50M
2010-12-31	$251.80M	-$200.20M	-$524.40M	-$66.60M	$394.00M			$49.90M	$7.70M*	$9.40M*	-$78.40M
2009-12-31	$369.30M	$14.00M	-$136.10M	$0.00	$0.00			$24.80M	$4.20M*	-$212.80M*	$63.40M
2008-12-31	$684.20M	-$75.10M	-$58.80M	$0.00	$0.00			$1.00M	$7.30M*	-$481.70M*	$76.90M

Each quarter (3 month)

Quarter end	Running the business	From investing	Buybacks	Debt paid back	New debt	Commercial paper	Staff share tax	New shares sold	Other	Not split out	Change in cash
2026-06-30	-$71.10M*	-$379.00M*	-$168.70M*		$0.00*	$315.00M*	$0.00*	$0.00*		$310.30M*
2026-03-31	$22.20M	-$48.90M	-$301.00M		$0.00	$120.00M	-$23.80M	$0.00		$271.60M*	$40.10M
2025-12-31	$150.50M*	-$157.40M*	-$361.80M*			$0.00*	-$200.00K*	$100.00K*		$328.60M*
2025-09-30	$191.70M*	-$319.10M*	-$176.00M*		$0.00*	$70.00M*	-$200.00K*	$100.00K*		$262.10M*
2025-06-30	-$177.80M*	-$74.40M*	-$33.20M*		$0.00*	-$210.00M*	$0.00*	$300.00K*		$463.10M*
2025-03-31	-$52.50M	-$136.10M	-$220.60M		$500.00M	-$290.00M	-$19.90M	$200.00K		$244.90M*	$26.00M
2024-12-31	$149.80M*	$44.30M*	-$104.40M*		$0.00*	$280.00M*	-$1.50M*	$100.00K*		-$363.30M*
2024-09-30	-$70.00M*	$104.40M*	-$5.60M*		$0.00*	-$75.00M*	-$300.00K*	$100.00K		$35.00M*
2024-06-30	-$59.60M*	-$67.10M*	-$311.30M*		$0.00*	$140.00M*	-$200.00K*	$300.00K		$326.60M*
2024-03-31	$294.50M	-$69.30M	-$38.70M		$0.00	-$155.00M	-$17.10M	$100.00K		-$10.40M*	$4.10M
2023-12-31	-$38.60M*	-$72.90M*	-$151.20M*		$0.00*	$90.00M*	-$2.20M*	$0.00*		$173.50M*
2023-09-30	$255.60M*	-$9.50M*	-$200.00M*		$0.00*	-$115.00M*	-$100.00K*	$400.00K		$61.70M*
2023-06-30	-$3.00M*	-$181.60M*	-$207.50M*		$0.00*	$180.00M*	$0.00*	$200.00K		$213.80M*
2023-03-31	$510.00M	-$305.90M	-$315.70M		$0.00	$235.00M	-$25.10M	$1.30M		-$111.60M*	-$12.00M
2022-12-31	$224.80M*	-$232.00M*	-$522.10M*		$0.00*	$50.00M*	-$1.80M*	$0.00*		$133.50M*
2022-09-30	$548.30M*	-$98.80M*	-$392.90M*		$0.00*	$0.00*	-$100.00K*	$800.00K		$49.10M*
2022-06-30	$251.80M*	-$89.50M*	-$442.20M*		$0.00*	$0.00*	$0.00*	$1.80M		$6.40M*
2022-03-31	$643.20M	-$59.00M	-$342.30M		$698.80M	-$340.00M	-$29.40M	$900.00K		-$24.50M*	$547.70M
2021-12-31	$68.50M*	-$234.80M*	-$381.70M*			$340.00M*	-$100.00K*	$11.90M*		$184.70M*
2021-09-30	$628.90M*	-$217.00M*	-$915.40M*			-$200.00M*	-$800.00K*	$13.60M		$703.10M*
2021-06-30	$404.00M*	-$79.10M*	-$710.40M*		$0.00*	$200.00M*	$0.00*	$7.70M		-$112.60M*
2021-03-31	$526.30M	$70.60M	-$310.70M		$0.00	$0.00	-$17.10M	$21.20M		-$509.90M*	-$219.60M
2020-12-31	$43.30M*	$77.90M*	-$287.20M*			$0.00*	$100.00K*	$21.20M*		$363.80M*
2020-09-30	$270.00M*	-$26.90M*	$0.00*		$0.00*	$0.00*	-$100.00K*	$30.50M		-$180.30M*
2020-06-30	$780.60M*	-$32.50M*	-$1.10M*			-$140.00M*	-$200.00K*	$0.00		-$760.50M*
2020-03-31	$113.70M	-$92.20M	-$78.90M			-$30.00M	-$7.90M	$1.00M		$462.90M*	$368.60M
2019-12-31	$103.70M*	-$2.30M*	$0.00*			-$130.00M*	$0.00*	$4.70M*	$0.00*	$20.90M*
2019-09-30	$240.00M*	-$16.70M*	$0.00*		$0.00*	-$170.00M*	$0.00*	$4.90M	$0.00*	-$64.60M*
2019-06-30	$165.80M*	-$48.20M*	-$11.30M*			$0.00*	-$300.00K*	$2.90M		-$106.60M*
2019-03-31	$259.70M	-$48.60M	-$33.40M			-$160.00M	-$2.70M	$300.00K		-$15.10M*	$200.00K
2018-12-31	-$24.10M*	-$123.10M*	$0.00*			$30.00M*	$0.00*	$1.80M*	$0.00*	$111.50M*
2018-09-30	$244.40M*	-$89.80M*	$0.00*			-$90.00M*	$0.00*	$1.80M	$0.00*	-$66.90M*
2018-06-30	$92.00M*	-$69.20M*	-$76.70M*			$420.00M*	-$400.00K*	$900.00K		-$371.70M*
2018-03-31	$198.70M	-$13.20M	-$23.30M			-$60.00M	-$2.30M	$13.30M		-$125.40M*	-$12.20M
2017-12-31	$83.10M*	-$23.50M*	-$9.70M*			-$665.00M*	$0.00*	$15.00M*	$0.00*	$614.60M*	$15.90M*
2017-09-30	$218.30M*	-$48.50M*	-$390.30M*			$205.00M*	-$100.00K*	$1.90M	$0.00*	$14.70M*	$800.00K*
2017-06-30	$53.10M*	-$79.70M*	-$34.90M*			$25.00M*	-$600.00K*	$1.30M	$0.00*	$33.80M*	-$3.80M*
2017-03-31	$185.60M	-$75.30M	$0.00			-$177.00M	-$400.00K	$21.50M	$0.00	$37.80M*	-$7.80M
2016-12-31	$37.20M*	-$36.20M*	-$26.40M*			-$33.00M*		$600.00K*	-$100.00K*	$57.20M*	$2.60M*
2016-09-30	$250.60M*	-$130.90M*	-$48.30M*			$16.90M*		$4.60M	$100.00K*	-$85.50M*	$7.50M*
2016-06-30	$30.00M*	-$15.20M*	-$51.20M*			$32.10M*		$2.60M	$0.00*	$8.60M*	$6.90M*
2016-03-31	$198.20M	-$310.70M	-$371.10M			$326.50M		$600.00K	$600.00K	$129.60M*	-$26.30M
2015-12-31	$31.90M*	-$256.50M*	-$26.00M*			$164.50M*		$5.90M*	$4.20M*	$86.20M*	$10.20M*
2015-09-30	$233.00M*	-$62.90M*	-$150.00M*			$136.50M*		$5.40M	$2.00M*	-$165.40M*	-$1.40M*
2015-06-30	$42.70M*	-$110.40M*	-$51.70M*			$298.50M*		$6.40M*	$3.60M*	-$197.90M*	-$8.80M*
2015-03-31	$199.60M	-$79.60M	-$9.60M			$0.00		$12.40M	$8.10M	-$132.20M*	-$1.30M
2014-12-31	$32.20M*	-$226.80M*	-$109.40M*			$0.00*		$5.50M*	$2.60M*	$303.80M*	$7.90M*
2014-09-30	$242.00M*	-$53.90M*	-$196.10M*			$0.00*		$7.50M*	$4.70M*	-$5.20M*	-$1.00M*
2014-06-30	-$4.70M*	-$53.00M*	-$66.00M*					$6.80M*	$5.00M*	$111.20M*	-$700.00K*
2014-03-31	$215.60M	-$42.30M	-$116.20M					$15.30M	$5.70M	-$78.10M*	$0.00
2013-12-31	$15.80M*	-$46.00M*	-$48.70M*		$0.00*			$2.20M*	$1.50M*	$76.10M*	$900.00K*
2013-09-30	$189.50M*	-$80.90M*	-$100.00K*		$0.00*			$9.90M*	$4.10M*	-$123.90M*	-$1.40M*
2013-06-30	$43.70M*	-$91.10M*	-$4.30M*		$0.00*			$2.70M*	$1.40M*	$71.00M*	$23.40M*
2013-03-31	$235.10M	-$39.80M	-$14.20M		$0.00			$7.90M	$3.00M	-$215.40M*	-$23.40M
2012-12-31	$4.90M*	-$184.00M*	-$37.30M*		$0.00*			$9.90M*	$2.60M*	$175.00M*	-$28.90M*
2012-09-30	$192.20M*	-$39.00M*	-$6.40M*		$0.00*			$19.00M*	$6.00M*	-$135.30M*	$36.50M*
2012-06-30	$19.40M*	-$50.00M*	-$131.40M*		$0.00*			$1.40M*	$1.90M*	$144.50M*	-$14.20M*
2012-03-31	$100.10M	-$24.80M	-$400.50M		$350.00M			$300.00K	$100.00K	-$35.50M*	-$10.30M
2011-12-31	$65.30M*	-$31.50M*	-$244.80M*		$0.00*			$11.70M*	$3.80M*	$214.80M*	$19.30M*
2011-09-30	$186.00M*	-$46.00M*	-$164.40M*		$0.00*				$3.90M*	$6.00M*	-$14.50M*
2011-06-30	-$28.40M*	-$40.20M*	-$111.70M*		$0.00*			$8.00M	$3.70M*	$166.10M*	-$2.50M*
2011-03-31	$153.50M	-$88.50M	-$58.90M		$0.00			$31.90M	$11.40M	-$60.20M*	-$10.80M
2010-12-31	$54.10M*	-$66.90M*	-$17.10M*	$0.00*	$0.00*			$19.80M*	$1.40M*	$19.30M*	$10.60M*
2010-09-30	$65.00M*	-$90.50M*	-$88.00M*	$0.00*	$0.00*			$24.50M	$5.40M*	$66.50M*	-$17.10M*
2010-06-30	$63.30M*	-$21.50M*	-$382.00M*					$5.30M	$800.00K*	$275.10M*	-$59.00M*
2010-03-31	$69.40M	-$21.30M	-$37.30M					$200.00K	$100.00K	-$24.00M*	-$12.90M
2009-12-31	$20.60M*	-$30.80M*	-$76.00M*	$0.00*	$0.00*			$1.30M*	-$3.40M*	$57.50M*	-$30.80M*
2009-09-30	$117.80M*	$22.90M*	-$60.00M*	$0.00*	$0.00*			$13.70M*	$5.10M*	-$24.10M*	$75.40M*

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