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$3,049.58 -57.33 (-1.85%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AZO vs. ORLY, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, 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), 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.

AutoZone vs.

AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) and O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, AutoZone and AutoZone both had 26 articles in the media. O'Reilly Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat AutoZone's score of 1.22 indicating that O'Reilly Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AutoZone
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
O'Reilly Automotive
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.52% compared to AutoZone's net margin of 14.40%. AutoZone's return on equity of -52.99% beat O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AutoZone14.40% -52.99% 15.46%
O'Reilly Automotive 14.52%-155.25%16.74%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AutoZone$18.49B2.79$2.66B$149.7120.37
O'Reilly Automotive$16.44B4.17$2.35B$40.4229.41

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, 1.6% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AutoZone received 11 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AutoZoneOutperform Votes
799
67.65%
Underperform Votes
382
32.35%
O'Reilly AutomotiveOutperform Votes
788
66.89%
Underperform Votes
390
33.11%

AutoZone currently has a consensus price target of $3,202.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. O'Reilly Automotive has a consensus price target of $1,242.13, suggesting a potential upside of 4.48%. Given AutoZone's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AutoZone is more favorable than O'Reilly Automotive.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AutoZone
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
O'Reilly Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

AutoZone has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AZO vs. The Competition

MetricAutoZoneAuto & home supply stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.54B$20.69B$23.61B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A4.10%168.63%3.52%
P/E Ratio20.3724.13117.6342.94
Price / Sales2.791.286.5619.18
Price / Cash16.789.7720.0717.86
Price / Book-10.970.686.265.52
Net Income$2.66B$726.31M$688.15M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-2.80%-3.03%-1.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance-5.25%-0.20%-2.18%1.05%
1 Year Performance13.96%-15.52%15.23%24.67%

AutoZone Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZO
AutoZone
4.397 of 5 stars
$3,049.58
-1.8%
$3,202.71
+5.0%
+15.1%$51.54B$18.49B20.37126,000Positive News
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.5372 of 5 stars
$1,188.87
-1.0%
$1,242.13
+4.5%
+21.5%$69.31B$16.44B29.4190,302Positive News
KMX
CarMax
3.6088 of 5 stars
$76.66
+1.8%
$79.73
+4.0%
+17.9%$11.88B$26.54B28.8229,836Positive News
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.6619 of 5 stars
$157.08
-1.3%
$170.25
+8.4%
+2.3%$10.49B$29.53B12.0444,000Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.2272 of 5 stars
$371.54
+0.2%
$353.80
-4.8%
+36.3%$9.90B$31.04B12.6827,446
AN
AutoNation
3.2323 of 5 stars
$164.85
+0.0%
$199.00
+20.7%
+21.2%$6.54B$26.95B9.5125,300
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.2258 of 5 stars
$401.67
+0.1%
$397.80
-1.0%
+41.6%$5.35B$17.87B10.7016,011Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.059 of 5 stars
$250.33
-0.1%
$256.20
+2.3%
+17.9%$4.90B$14.80B14.1715,000
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
4.9159 of 5 stars
$38.63
+0.3%
$48.64
+25.9%
-27.2%$2.31B$11.19B52.9269,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.2078 of 5 stars
$61.68
-1.4%
$67.40
+9.3%
+17.0%$2.14B$13.91B10.9810,500Positive News
MNRO
Monro
2.2956 of 5 stars
$26.77
-4.8%
$31.00
+15.8%
-7.5%$842.47M$1.22B30.777,660

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