The Auto Trader share price – where next?

The Auto Trader (LON:AUTO) share price has risen by 16.5% over the past month and it’s currently trading at 512.4. For investors considering whether to buy, hold or sell the stock, the question now is whether this price run will continue.

According to the company’s analysts, there are certainly reasons to think it will continue to perform well in the year ahead. In terms of trading recommendations, Auto Trader currently has:

• 4 Buy recommendations

• 11 Hold recommendations

• 0 Sell recommendations

This suggests that analysts are generally positive about the outlook.

At its current price of 512.4, shares in Auto Trader are trading at a discount of -16.7% to its 52 week high price. The 1-year performance of the shares has been -11.8%.

While analyst forecasts can be a useful guide to what City 'experts' think about a stock's near term future, they can be unreliable. To get a better idea about the strengths and weaknesses of Auto Trader it's worth doing some investigation yourself.

There are all sorts of factors that could affect Auto Trader's share price this year – we simplify them into easy to understand scores with our Stockopedia StockReport. Click here to take a look at the StockReport for Auto Trader – you might discover some surprising things you didn’t know.