AutoNation公布利润，肯定行业销量预期

 

（路透社）周四美国最大的汽车经销商集团，AutoNation，公布了一个高于预期的第二季度盈利：新车销量增长11%，并再次肯定它对今年行业新车销量的预期。

 

　　“当我说今年行业将销售大约1500万辆车时，我们是最乐观的一个。”首席执行官Mike Jackson在电话采访中表示：“时至年中，我很高兴的说我对今年的行业走向非常乐观。”

 

　　谈及他对行业销量的预期，Jackson援引消费者需要更换旧车、制造商推出新产品、和金融交易很具吸引力为依据予以支持。他表示：买家已经适应了每加仑3.5美元的汽油价格，可能要涨到每加仑5美元时，消费者才会改变他们的购买行为。

 

　　AutoNation的净收入由7860万美元、每股收益64美分，增长14.4%至8990万美元、每股收益73美分。根据汤森路透I/B/E/S的民意调查，此结果符合分析师的预期。

 

　　营收增长13％至44亿美元，高于分析师此前预期的43.3亿美元。新车零售增长11%，同店销量增长7%。

 

　　总部位于佛罗里达州的Fort Lauderdale公司表示它已将其门店更名为母公司名称。

 

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　　(Reuters) - AutoNation Inc, the largest U.S. auto dealer group, reported a higher second-quarter profit on Thursday as new-vehicle sales jumped 11 percent, and reaffirmed its outlook for industry new-vehicle sales this year.

 

　　"When I said the industry would sell mid-15 million units this year, we were one of the most optimistic," Chief Executive Mike Jackson said in a telephone interview. "At the halfway point, I'm very happy to say I'm confident about where the industry is headed for this year."

 

　　In maintaining his outlook for industry sales, Jackson cited the need of consumers to replace aging vehicles, new products from manufacturers and attractive financing deals. He said buyers had adjusted to gasoline prices around $3.50 a gallon and it would take prices rising to $5.00 a gallon to alter buying behavior.

 

　　AutoNation's net income rose 14.4 percent to $89.9 million, or 73 cents a share, from $78.6 million, or 64 cents a share, a year earlier. The results matched analysts' expectations, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

 

　　Revenue grew 13 percent to $4.4 billion, above the $4.33 billion analysts had expected. Retail new-vehicle unit sales rose 11 percent, while sales on a same-store basis increased 7 percent.

 

　　The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company said it had completed the rebranding of its stores to the parent company's name.

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