NYSE:AZO - AutoZone Stock Price, Price Target & More

AutoZone trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AZO."

AutoZone declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, March 21st 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 22nd. The company reported $13.42 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $12.99 by $0.43. The firm earned $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.71 billion. AutoZone had a negative return on equity of 96.89% and a net margin of 12.27%. The business's revenue was down 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $11.44 EPS. View AutoZone's Earnings History.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for AutoZone's shares. Their predictions range from $491.13 to $850.00. On average, they anticipate AutoZone's share price to reach $724.6331 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for AutoZone.

Some companies that are related to AutoZone include O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), HALFORDS Grp PL/ADR (HLFDY), MarineMax (HZO) and U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS).

Media headlines about AZO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. AutoZone earned a news impact score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 46.60 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

AutoZone's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.58%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (3.02%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (2.21%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.99%) and Fiera Capital Corp (1.67%). Company insiders that own AutoZone stock include Albert Saltiel, Charles Pleas III, Douglas H Brooks, Earl G Graves Jr, James C Griffith, Mark A Finestone, Philip B Daniele, Richard Craig Smith, Rodney C Halsell, Ronald B Griffin, Thomas B Newbern, William Andrew Mckenna, William C Rhodes III, William T Giles and William W Graves. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AutoZone.

AZO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Manning & Napier Group LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold AutoZone company stock in the last year include Albert Saltiel, Charles Pleas III, James C Griffith, Mark A Finestone, Philip B Daniele, Richard Craig Smith, William Andrew Mckenna, William C Rhodes III, William T Giles and William W Graves. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoZone.

AZO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Todd Asset Management LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought AutoZone stock in the last two years include Douglas H Brooks and William Andrew Mckenna. View Insider Buying and Selling for AutoZone.

Shares of AZO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $690.06.

AutoZone has a market capitalization of $18.16 billion and generates $10.89 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $43.04 on an earnings per share basis. AutoZone employs 87,000 workers across the globe.

AutoZone's mailing address is 123 SOUTH FRONT ST, MEMPHIS TN, 38101. The company can be reached via phone at 901-495-6500 or via email at [email protected]