NYSE:AZOAutoZone Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoZone's stock was trading at $1,089.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AZO stock has increased by 5.5% and is now trading at $1,148.97. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoZone in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AutoZone.

AutoZone is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for AutoZone.

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 26th. The company reported $14.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $13.80 by $0.59. The company had revenue of $2.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.65 billion. AutoZone had a net margin of 12.90% and a negative return on equity of 91.18%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $15.99 EPS. View AutoZone's earnings history.

AutoZone declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, September 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

18 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for AutoZone's shares. 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 5.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AutoZone.

Media coverage about AZO stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AutoZone earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about AutoZone.

AutoZone saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 459,200 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the June 15th total of 412,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 283,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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 Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold AutoZone company stock in the last year include Earl G Graves Jr, Kristen C Wright, Philip B Daniele, and William R Hackney. 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 $1,148.97.

AutoZone has a market capitalization of $26.83 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]