Asbury Automotive announces buyback authorization increase to $500M

Asbury Automotive (ABG) announced the completed sale of ten dealerships across Indiana, Missouri and South Carolina as part of capital allocation and portfolio optimization efforts. Asbury received approximately $210 million in net proceeds from the sale of the dealerships. The proceeds are net of mortgage payoffs for the real estate and estimated taxes. The annualized revenue from these ten dealerships was approximately $610 million. In addition, the Company today announced that its board of directors approved an increase in the authorization of the share repurchase plan for the Company of $424 million. Year to date, the Company has spent $100M repurchasing 441,000 shares. As of February 25, 2026, the Company had $76 million of remaining availability to repurchase shares of common stock under its existing stock repurchase program. As a result, with the increase in authorization announced today, the total availability under the authorization is $500 million as of such date.