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$3,190.35 -51.27 (-1.58%)
(As of 12:10 PM 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.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
O'Reilly Automotive14.52% -155.25% 16.74%
AutoZone 14.18%-53.89%15.03%

In the previous week, AutoZone had 6 more articles in the media than O'Reilly Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AutoZone and 3 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive. AutoZone's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat O'Reilly Automotive's score of -0.10 indicating that AutoZone is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoZone has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
O'Reilly Automotive$16.44B4.16$2.35B$40.4229.29
AutoZone$18.58B2.88$2.66B$149.6821.31

AutoZone received 18 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.93% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.92% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
O'Reilly AutomotiveOutperform Votes
791
66.92%
Underperform Votes
391
33.08%
AutoZoneOutperform Votes
809
67.93%
Underperform Votes
382
32.07%

85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of AutoZone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AutoZone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

O'Reilly Automotive currently has a consensus price target of $1,269.31, indicating a potential upside of 7.22%. AutoZone has a consensus price target of $3,384.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.12%. Given O'Reilly Automotive's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe O'Reilly Automotive is more favorable than AutoZone.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
O'Reilly Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
AutoZone
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Summary

AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AZO vs. The Competition

MetricAutoZoneAuto & home supply stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$53.53B$18.03B$24.09B$19.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%168.51%3.63%
P/E Ratio21.3125.34101.6540.02
Price / Sales2.881.142.9018.69
Price / Cash18.0511.2221.7021.25
Price / Book-11.540.675.355.23
Net Income$2.66B$726.31M$673.49M$989.46M
7 Day Performance-1.62%-2.07%0.13%0.04%
1 Month Performance0.64%-6.83%-3.17%-5.70%
1 Year Performance23.37%-21.86%7.68%10.90%

AutoZone Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZO
AutoZone
4.0297 of 5 stars
$3,190.35
-1.6%
$3,384.89
+6.1%
+25.5%$53.54B$18.58B21.31126,000Short Interest ↑
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
3.8655 of 5 stars
$1,206.55
-1.0%
$1,269.31
+5.2%
+26.0%$69.66B$16.44B29.8590,302
KMX
CarMax
3.9222 of 5 stars
$83.51
-0.9%
$85.17
+2.0%
+9.2%$12.94B$25.98B31.3929,836Insider Trade
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
3.2243 of 5 stars
$155.75
-1.0%
$170.25
+9.3%
-3.3%$10.40B$30.01B11.9344,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
3.8351 of 5 stars
$358.58
-0.4%
$357.60
-0.3%
+9.5%$9.55B$34.69B12.2427,446Positive News
AN
AutoNation
3.2517 of 5 stars
$171.19
+0.6%
$199.29
+16.4%
+14.4%$6.79B$26.32B9.8725,300Positive News
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
2.8207 of 5 stars
$418.46
-0.4%
$437.67
+4.6%
+38.7%$5.57B$18.87B11.1516,011Positive News
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
1.4316 of 5 stars
$242.00
-1.5%
$256.20
+5.9%
+8.6%$4.74B$16.50B13.7015,000Positive News
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
3.664 of 5 stars
$43.12
-0.9%
$48.40
+12.2%
-27.8%$2.58B$11.19B59.0769,000Short Interest ↑
SAH
Sonic Automotive
3.9008 of 5 stars
$63.16
+0.3%
$67.40
+6.7%
+13.1%$2.16B$13.91B11.2410,500
MNRO
Monro
3.8917 of 5 stars
$25.12
-0.2%
$31.00
+23.4%
-15.6%$752.32M$1.22B28.877,660Positive News

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