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AZO vs. ORLY, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, AAP, SAH, and MNRO

Should you be buying AutoZone stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AutoZone include O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Sonic Automotive (SAH), and Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry.

AutoZone vs. Its Competitors

O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) and AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and media sentiment.

O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoZone has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AutoZone has higher revenue and earnings than O'Reilly Automotive. AutoZone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than O'Reilly Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
O'Reilly Automotive$16.71B5.32$2.39B$2.8037.43
AutoZone$18.94B3.74$2.50B$144.8829.13

In the previous week, O'Reilly Automotive had 48 more articles in the media than AutoZone. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive and 35 mentions for AutoZone. O'Reilly Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat AutoZone's score of 0.84 indicating that O'Reilly Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
O'Reilly Automotive
76 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AutoZone
29 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.15% compared to AutoZone's net margin of 13.19%. AutoZone's return on equity of -60.49% beat O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
O'Reilly Automotive14.15% -181.53% 16.18%
AutoZone 13.19%-60.49%13.59%

85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of AutoZone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of AutoZone shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

O'Reilly Automotive presently has a consensus target price of $107.17, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. AutoZone has a consensus target price of $4,538.21, suggesting a potential upside of 7.55%. Given AutoZone's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AutoZone is more favorable than O'Reilly Automotive.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
O'Reilly Automotive
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AutoZone
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Summary

O'Reilly Automotive beats AutoZone on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AZO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AZO vs. The Competition

MetricAutoZoneRET/WHL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.74B$28.14B$27.69B$21.64B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%172.48%3.56%
P/E Ratio29.1324.1820.3329.82
Price / Sales3.742.048.7494.52
Price / Cash22.9715.9864.9024.73
Price / Book-20.747.265.004.61
Net Income$2.50B$838.97M$909.94M$1.00B
7 Day Performance0.56%-0.06%1.23%2.07%
1 Month Performance-0.29%-7.13%3.23%3.89%
1 Year Performance39.29%13.49%15.61%13.14%

AutoZone Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZO
AutoZone
4.1934 of 5 stars
$4,219.73
-0.8%
$4,538.21
+7.5%
+37.6%$70.74B$18.94B29.13126,000Analyst Revision
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
4.3463 of 5 stars
$107.55
+1.4%
$107.17
-0.3%
+36.8%$91.26B$16.71B38.4593,047Positive News
KMX
CarMax
4.3284 of 5 stars
$45.25
+0.9%
$62.15
+37.4%
-37.4%$6.79B$26.35B13.2730,048Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PAG
Penske Automotive Group
4.2862 of 5 stars
$172.49
+0.4%
$184.33
+6.9%
+12.2%$11.39B$30.46B12.0028,900Positive News
LAD
Lithia Motors
4.8665 of 5 stars
$321.58
+0.8%
$376.50
+17.1%
+5.9%$8.25B$36.24B9.5330,000
AN
AutoNation
2.7919 of 5 stars
$217.56
0.0%
$222.63
+2.3%
+32.5%$8.20B$26.77B13.6325,100
GPI
Group 1 Automotive
3.9714 of 5 stars
$436.70
+0.3%
$476.57
+9.1%
+23.3%$5.65B$19.93B12.0420,413Positive News
ABG
Asbury Automotive Group
2.758 of 5 stars
$240.49
+0.6%
$249.00
+3.5%
+13.4%$4.73B$17.19B8.7815,000
AAP
Advance Auto Parts
2.8758 of 5 stars
$62.98
+3.3%
$52.03
-17.4%
+57.9%$3.78B$9.09B-9.8962,800
SAH
Sonic Automotive
4.3326 of 5 stars
$75.61
+0.8%
$83.14
+10.0%
+37.3%$2.58B$14.22B16.8010,800Analyst Forecast
MNRO
Monro Muffler Brake
1.2848 of 5 stars
$18.25
-2.3%
$17.33
-5.0%
-33.7%$547.14M$1.20B-27.247,360Positive News

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