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8th Jul 2020

Annual Report and financial statements 2020

We published our Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2020 on 8 July 2020

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15th Mar 2018

Capital Markets Day

We hosted our latest Capital Markets Day on 15 March 2018

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25th Jun 2020

Half Year Financial results 2021

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Auto Trader is the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace.

Our trusted brand has been built over the last 40 years through advancements in our technology and products, coupled with a highly skilled digital team.

We generate value by investing in the largest and most trusted automotive marketplace. This generates greater consumer engagement, a larger choice of stock and therefore revenue.

In this section

Financial and operational highlights

£368.9m

Revenue up 4% (2019: £355.1m)

£258.9m

Operating profit up 6% (2019: £243.7m)

22.19p

Basic EPS up 6% per share (2019: 21.00p)

£265.5m

Cash generated from operations up 3% (2019: £258.5m)

£126.4m

Cash returns to shareholders (2019: £151.1m)

2.4p

Total dividend per share (2019: 6.7p)

50.8m

Cross platform visits up 3% (2019: 49.1m)

478k

Physical car stock on site up 4% (2019: 461,000)

Our strategy

Our strategy is to improve the process of buying and selling vehicles in the UK, evolve the automotive ecosystem and become the most admired digital business

Our growth horizons

Our business model

Auto Trader is the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace

See how we create value

The teams

Everyone at Auto Trader is crucial to what we do

Meet our leadership teams

Regulatory news

Regulatory updates from
Auto Trader Group plc

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1st Apr

Total Voting Rights

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1st Apr

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17th Mar

Holding(s) in Company

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16th Mar

Director/PDMR Shareholding

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5th Mar

Holding(s) in Company

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1st Mar

Total Voting Rights

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22nd Feb

Block listing Interim Review

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5th Feb

Director Declaration – External Appointment

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1st Feb

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With forecourts in England and Wales set to open next week, our Data & Insight Director @therickw shares our latest audience insights revealing how we are seeing buyer behaviour change as lockdown measures ease. https://t.co/yIMnXbLtn0
Performance Rating helps you quickly understand how well your adverts are performing vs competing adverts and know whether your adverts are winning buyers’ attention. Plus we’ve improved how you can track performance improvements over time. https://t.co/4IhSUpEV81
Following 4 months of price growth slowing, due to the record levels of demand in the market, last month not only saw the 12th consecutive month of price growth but also the first monthly increase in the rate of growth since October 2020. https://t.co/aQQ27H6QOl
A reminder from @stuart_trader to login to Portal to let us know if you offer admin fees. 92% of retailers already have. https://t.co/TkUEpnyx5p
When we look at vehicle pricing by age bands we can see strong growth for all vehicles, with those vehicles in the 5-10 year old and 10-15 year old age bands seeing the strongest like-for-like price growth. https://t.co/0PvxqEjLvZ
Our Data & Insight Director @therickw returns for his ever popular audience update, revealing that visits to our marketplace are up by 89.4% compared to the same period in 2020 and up by 27.5% when compared to the same period in 2019. #RichWalkerfanclub https://t.co/NR8mywkxCE
Just 15 minutes until today's webinar. You can still register to watch live or stay tuned right here for the highlights > https://t.co/Foqq4rVl2N https://t.co/my9knVy7eL
For the first time since August, new car registration numbers grow with the @SMMT reporting a welcome year-on-year growth in registrations of 11.5% in March. https://t.co/WAPeT02wou
As forecourts reopen, we look at reasons to be optimistic for April and share some practical advice for retailers looking to keep up with the industry as it moves forward beyond the pandemic. https://t.co/BwGEsCm9Kj
Register for next week's webinar where @Lusky91 of Luscombe's Leeds will reveal how they have advanced their digital retailing during lockdown and how they’re going to use these learnings to make more efficient sales in future > https://t.co/Foqq4rVl2N https://t.co/7opxnTlSdV

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Auto Trader Limited
Registered in England and Wales (Company number: 03909628)

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1 Tony Wilson Place
Manchester
M15 4FN
VAT number: GB 614 8918 20

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