Overview
Auto Trader Group plc is a United Kingdom-based company that operates in the digital automotive marketplace. The company specializes in the online sale and purchase of new and used vehicles. As a leader in the automotive digital space, Auto Trader provides comprehensive solutions and platforms where private individuals and automotive professionals can engage in vehicle transactions. Their services facilitate advertising, financing, and insurance aspects of vehicle sales. Key projects of Auto(characters: 490) Trader include the development of a seamless digital transaction platform and the integration of advanced data analytics to enhance user experiences and business insights. Additionally, the company emphasizes innovations in mobile applications and improvements in its search and recommendation algorithms, aiming to maintain its position as the market leader in the UK automotive online marketplace.
Basic Stats
The share price of Auto Trader Group plc as of 5 September 2025 is 803.80 GBX / share. This is an increase of 0.07% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Auto Trader Group plc as of 5 September 2025 is 6,990.93 GBX MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Auto Trader Group plc from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 6,990.93 MM |
| EV | 6,976.63 MM |
| Shares Out. | 879.80 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 0.32 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.21 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-28 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.50 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 8.60 MM |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | -8.24 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.22 |
| Beta | 0.58 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | -0.57 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | -0.75 |
| PE Ratio | 24.74 |
| Price/Book | 12.28 |
| Price/TBV | 71.92 |
| Book/Market | 0.08 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.05 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.05 |
| ROA | 0.43 |
| ROE | 0.49 |
| ROIC | 0.49 |
| CROIC | -0.01 |
| OCROIC | 0.53 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 73.07 /100 |
| Profitability | 79.02 /100 |
| Quality Score | 88.91 /100 |
| Value Score | 67.52 /100 |
| Momentum Score | 43.25 /100 |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 85.72 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | 60.44 /100 |
| Fund Sentiment | 30.63 /100 |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | 38.88 /100 |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 9.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Auto Trader Group plc is 880.87 GBX. The forecasts range from a low of 656.50 GBX to a high of 1,092.00 GBX. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Auto Trader Group plc. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-18 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-09 | Deutsche | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-03 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-10-18 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-10-14 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-07 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-07 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-07 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-06-01 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-27 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Upgrade | |
| 2022-05-27 | Deutsche | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-26 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-25 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-19 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-19 | Deutsche | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-11 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-05 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-03 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-04-26 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-04-14 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-04-05 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-04-04 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-03-24 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2022-03-22 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-03-22 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2022-03-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-09 | Morgan Stanley | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-02-08 | Deutsche | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-01-28 | Barclays | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-01-25 | RBC Capital Markets | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2022-01-25 | Deutsche | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-09 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-07 | Liberum Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-22 | Berenberg Bank | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-15 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-12 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-12 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-11 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-11 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-11 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-05 | Peel Hunt LLP | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-11-03 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-10-19 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-10-19 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-07-26 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-14 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-11 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-11 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-11 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-11 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-10 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-06-10 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2021-05-13 | Shore Capital | Hold | Upgrade | |
| 2021-03-31 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-03-01 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-01-06 | Shore Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2020-11-11 | Shore Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2020-11-02 | Shore Capital | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2020-11-02 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-06-29 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-05-04 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2020-02-04 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2020-01-30 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2020-01-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-07 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-01 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2019-10-02 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-07-17 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2019-07-09 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2019-07-09 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-19 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-12 | UBS | Sell | Downgrade | |
| 2019-06-06 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-06 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-06 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-05-10 | Citigroup | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2019-04-29 | Peel Hunt LLP | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-02-05 | UBS | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-01-09 | Jefferies | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2018-11-09 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2018-10-31 | UBS | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2018-10-22 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-10-16 | Barclays | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2018-09-25 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Downgrade | |
| 2018-09-04 | UBS | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2018-07-13 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2018-06-07 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-04-17 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2018-03-19 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2018-03-16 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-03-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-27 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-17 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-13 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-09 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-03 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-10-27 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2017-09-28 | Barclays | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-07-13 | Shore Capital | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2017-07-06 | Macquarie | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-21 | Barclays | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-14 | Numis Securities | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-09 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-09 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-08 | Shore Capital | Not Rated | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-01 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-01 | Barclays | Overweight | Upgrade | |
| 2017-05-17 | Berenberg Bank | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2017-03-10 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Downgrade | |
| 2017-02-28 | UBS | Sell | Initiate | |
| 2017-01-25 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Upgrade | |
| 2017-01-16 | Exane BNP Paribas | Sell | Downgrade | |
| 2016-11-14 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-14 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-10 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-10 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-28 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-09-12 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-08-16 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-12 | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-07 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-07-04 | Barclays | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-27 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-27 | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-02 | Numis | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-03-10 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-18 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-18 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-28 | Barclays | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-16 | Numis | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-16 | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-16 | Citigroup | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-13 | Peel Hunt LLP | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-11 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2015-08-19 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-06-19 | Numis Securities | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-06-11 | Numis Securities | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-04-29 | Numis Securities | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-04-29 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2023-01-19 | Numis | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2023-02-02 | Credit Suisse | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2023-01-30 | Barclays | Overweight | Upgrade | |
| 2023-02-08 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2023-06-06 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-04-04 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Upgrade | |
| 2023-04-06 | Barclays | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-06-05 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2023-11-20 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2023-11-22 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-11-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2024-05-30 | Shore Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2024-05-31 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2024-07-02 | Jefferies | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-11-07 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2025-05-29 | Berenberg Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2025-01-23 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2024-12-05 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2025-03-20 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2025-02-18 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate | |
| 2025-07-01 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Underweight | Reiterate |
