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.
AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) and O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
AutoZone received 19 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.98% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.84% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.
O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.52% 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.
AutoZone has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoZone presently has a consensus target price of $3,429.84, indicating a potential upside of 7.38%. O'Reilly Automotive has a consensus target price of $1,270.69, indicating a potential upside of 5.48%. Given AutoZone's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe AutoZone is more favorable than O'Reilly Automotive.
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.
In the previous week, O'Reilly Automotive had 5 more articles in the media than AutoZone. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive and 12 mentions for AutoZone. O'Reilly Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat AutoZone's score of 0.88 indicating that O'Reilly Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.7% of AutoZone shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of AutoZone shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
