AZO vs. ORLY, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, ABG, GPI, AAP, SAH, and MNRO
Should you be buying AutoZone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoZone include O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), and Monro (MNRO). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) and AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
AutoZone received 13 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.36% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.52% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AutoZone had 10 more articles in the media than O'Reilly Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AutoZone and 10 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive. AutoZone's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat O'Reilly Automotive's score of 0.60 indicating that O'Reilly Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.78% compared to O'Reilly Automotive's net margin of 14.60%. O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity of -54.69% beat AutoZone's return on equity.
85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of AutoZone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of AutoZone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AutoZone has higher revenue and earnings than O'Reilly Automotive. AutoZone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than O'Reilly Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoZone has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
O'Reilly Automotive currently has a consensus price target of $1,123.64, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. AutoZone has a consensus price target of $3,104.13, indicating a potential upside of 10.83%. Given AutoZone's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe O'Reilly Automotive is more favorable than AutoZone.
Summary
AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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