NYSE:AZOAutoZone Stock Price, Forecast & News

AutoZone's stock was trading at $1,089.03 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AZO stock has increased by 8.6% and is now trading at $1,182.22.
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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."
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AutoZone is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 22nd 2020.
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AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 26th. The company reported $14.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $13.80 by $0.59. The firm had revenue of $2.78 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.65 billion. AutoZone had a negative return on equity of 91.18% and a net margin of 12.90%. The company's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $15.99 earnings per share.
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AutoZone declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, September 26th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

18 equities research analysts 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 $1,223.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about AZO stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AutoZone earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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AutoZone saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 350,100 shares, a decrease of 11.3% from the July 15th total of 394,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 234,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Swiss National Bank (0.53%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.51%), LSV Asset Management (0.47%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.39%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.37%). 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 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Hexavest Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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.
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AZO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Unigestion Holding SA, Victory Capital Management Inc., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Jennison Associates LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., and Franklin Street Capital Partners LLC.
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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 $1,182.22.

AutoZone has a market capitalization of $27.60 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]