NYSE:AZOAutoZone Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoZone's stock was trading at $1,089.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AZO shares have increased by 5.4% and is now trading at $1,147.86. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoZone in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AutoZone.

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 26th. The company reported $14.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $13.80 by $0.59. The business earned $2.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.65 billion. AutoZone had a net margin of 13.42% and a negative return on equity of 95.47%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $15.99 earnings per share. View AutoZone's earnings history.

AutoZone announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, September 26th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 6.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

19 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for AutoZone's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,015.00 to $1,415.00. On average, they anticipate AutoZone's stock price to reach $1,215.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoZone.

News headlines about AZO stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoZone earned a coverage optimism score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutAutoZone.

AutoZone saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 423,900 shares, a drop of 19.8% from the April 30th total of 528,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 336,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View AutoZone's Current Options Chain.

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

AutoZone's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.74%), State Street Corp (4.68%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.72%), Fiera Capital Corp (2.81%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.98%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.91%). Company insiders that own AutoZone stock include Albert Saltiel, Charles Pleas III, Domingo Hurtado, Earl G Graves Jr, Kristen C Wright, Mark A Finestone, Michael M Calbert, Philip B Daniele, Richard Craig Smith, Rodney C Halsell, Ronald B Griffin, Thomas B Newbern, William Andrew Mckenna, William C Rhodes III, William R Hackney, 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 APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., BlackRock Inc., Wealth Quarterback LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., AQR Capital Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., and Janus Henderson Group PLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoZone company stock in the last year include Albert Saltiel, Domingo Hurtado, Earl G Graves Jr, Richard Craig Smith, Ronald B Griffin, and William R Hackney. View insider buying and selling activity for AutoZone.

AZO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Fiera Capital Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Unigestion Holding SA, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Samlyn Capital LLC, and Swiss National Bank. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of AZO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,147.86.

AutoZone has a market capitalization of $26.80 billion and generates $11.86 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $63.43 on an earnings per share basis. AutoZone employs 96,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for AutoZone is www.autozone.com.

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]