AutoZone Stock Forecast, Price & 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 stock has increased by 10.7% and is now trading at $1,205.28.
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20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AutoZone in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 15 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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AutoZone is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 22nd 2020.
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AutoZone will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, September 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 26th. The company reported $14.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $15.99 earnings per share.
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AutoZone announced that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, September 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

20 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for AutoZone's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,015.00 to $1,505.00. On average, they expect AutoZone's stock price to reach $1,268.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price.
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AutoZone saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 397,600 shares, a decline of 16.0% from the August 15th total of 473,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 189,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.51%), BlackRock Inc. (7.60%), Nordea Investment Management AB (4.58%), FMR LLC (4.45%), Ninety One UK Ltd (1.05%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.85%). 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.
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AZO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, FMR LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold AutoZone company stock in the last year include Kristen C Wright, Philip B Daniele, and William R Hackney.
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AZO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Ninety One UK Ltd, Holocene Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, and Two Sigma Advisers LP.
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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 $1,205.28.

AutoZone has a market capitalization of $28.15 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]