ORLY vs. AZO, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, AAP, SAH, and MNRO
Should you be buying O'Reilly Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of O'Reilly Automotive include AutoZone (AZO), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), and Monro (MNRO). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.
O'Reilly Automotive vs.
O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) and AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.28% compared to AutoZone's net margin of 14.18%. AutoZone's return on equity of -53.89% beat O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity.
O'Reilly Automotive presently has a consensus price target of $1,390.81, indicating a potential upside of 1.11%. AutoZone has a consensus price target of $3,683.36, indicating a potential upside of 0.21%. Given O'Reilly Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe O'Reilly Automotive is more favorable than AutoZone.
In the previous week, AutoZone had 42 more articles in the media than O'Reilly Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for AutoZone and 5 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive. AutoZone's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat O'Reilly Automotive's score of 0.51 indicating that AutoZone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoZone has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoZone received 21 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.94% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.
85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of AutoZone shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AutoZone shares are held by 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.
Summary
AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ORLY) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
