AutoZone (AZO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

19 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoZone in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" AZO shares.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AutoZone's shares. Their AZO share price targets range from $2,465.00 to $3,394.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $3,066.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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AutoZone's stock was trading at $2,585.61 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, AZO shares have increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $2,781.28.
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AutoZone saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 502,400 shares, an increase of 25.3% from the April 15th total of 400,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 147,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 21st. The company reported $36.69 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $35.67 by $1.02. The company had revenue of $4.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.29 billion. AutoZone had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 56.06% and a net margin of 14.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $34.12 earnings per share.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Retail ETF (RTH), Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (WLDR), SEI Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum Factor ETF (SEIM), Strategas Macro Thematic Opportunities ETF (SAMT), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Growth ETF (AILG), ASYMshares ASYMmetric S&P 500 ETF (ASPY), Hennessy Stance ESG Large Cap ETF (STNC) and AB US Low Volatility Equity ETF (LOWV).

1,445 employees have rated AutoZone Chief Executive Officer Bill Rhodes III on Glassdoor.com. Bill Rhodes III has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AutoZone investors own include Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Hawkins (HWKN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Micron Technology (MU), Accenture (ACN) and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM).

AutoZone's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.99%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.23%), Nordea Investment Management AB (1.17%), Captrust Financial Advisors (0.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.77%) and Bessemer Group Inc. (0.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert Saltiel, Brian Hannasch, Charles Pleas III, Dennis W Leriche, Domingo Hurtado, Eric S Gould, George R Mrkonic Jr, Grant E Mcgee, Jane Huang, Jenna M Bedsole, John Scott Murphy, K Michelle Borninkhof, Kristen C Wright, Mark A Finestone, Philip B Daniele, Preston Frazer, Richard Craig Smith, Ronald B Griffin, Thomas B Newbern, William C Rhodes III, William C Rhodes III and William R Hackney.
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Shares of AZO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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