ORLY vs. AZO, JD, CVS, TGT, ROST, CPNG, KR, YUM, FAST, and MELI
Should you be buying O'Reilly Automotive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of O'Reilly Automotive include AutoZone (AZO), JD.com (JD), CVS Health (CVS), Target (TGT), Ross Stores (ROST), Coupang (CPNG), Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Fastenal (FAST), and MercadoLibre (MELI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) and O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, O'Reilly Automotive had 3 more articles in the media than AutoZone. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive and 15 mentions for AutoZone. O'Reilly Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat AutoZone's score of 0.80 indicating that AutoZone is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AutoZone currently has a consensus price target of $3,115.24, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. O'Reilly Automotive has a consensus price target of $1,123.64, suggesting a potential upside of 11.03%. Given AutoZone's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe O'Reilly Automotive is more favorable than AutoZone.
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 net margin of 14.78% compared to O'Reilly Automotive's net margin of 14.70%. O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity of -56.06% beat AutoZone's return on equity.
AutoZone has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoZone received 4 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.10% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.52% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.
92.7% of AutoZone shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of AutoZone shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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