O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AZO or ORLY?

AutoZone received 7 more outperform votes than O'Reilly Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave AutoZone an outperform vote while only 66.49% of users gave O'Reilly Automotive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AutoZone	Outperform Votes 769 67.04%	Underperform Votes 378 32.96%
O'Reilly Automotive	Outperform Votes 762 66.49%	Underperform Votes 384 33.51%

Do analysts recommend AZO or ORLY?

AutoZone currently has a consensus target price of $3,086.61, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. O'Reilly Automotive has a consensus target price of $1,102.53, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given O'Reilly Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AutoZone is more favorable than O'Reilly Automotive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AutoZone	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
O'Reilly Automotive	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AZO or ORLY?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, AZO or ORLY?

AutoZone has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AZO or ORLY?

In the previous week, O'Reilly Automotive had 4 more articles in the media than AutoZone. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive and 12 mentions for AutoZone. AutoZone's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat O'Reilly Automotive's score of 0.62 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
O'Reilly Automotive	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AZO or ORLY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AutoZone	$17.46B	2.97	$2.53B	$142.02	21.06
O'Reilly Automotive	$15.81B	4.05	$2.35B	$38.48	28.17

Is AZO or ORLY more profitable?

O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.84% 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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AutoZone	14.70%	-56.06%	16.23%
O'Reilly Automotive	14.84%	-139.01%	17.49%

Summary

AutoZone beats O'Reilly Automotive on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.