AutoZone (AZO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

AutoZone, Inc. is a specialty retailer of automotive replacement parts, accessories and maintenance products. The company serves do-it-yourself customers as well as professional automotive repair shops, offering products such as batteries, brakes, filters, engine components, tools, fluids and other vehicle parts.

In addition to its retail stores, AutoZone provides commercial sales and delivery services for professional repair businesses. The company also operates ALLDATA, which offers automotive diagnostic, repair and shop-management software and information services to repair professionals.

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, AutoZone operates primarily in the United States, with additional stores and operations in Mexico and Brazil. Its business includes retail locations, digital ordering channels and distribution capabilities designed to support both consumer and commercial customers. Philip B. Daniele serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2,756.13 to $2,843.15
• 50-Day Range: $2,805.17 to $3,147.02
• 52-Week Range: $2,756.13 to $4,293.03
• Volume: 140,067 shs
• Average Volume: 265,713 shs
• Market Capitalization: $45.42 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.20
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $3,710.36
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

AutoZone Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AutoZone scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 102nd out of 482 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

AutoZone has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 19 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

AutoZone has a consensus price target of $3,710.36, representing about 33.2% upside from its current price of $2,785.16.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AutoZone has been the subject of 20 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AutoZone are expected to grow by 12.84% in the coming year, from $173.47 to $195.75 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AutoZone is 18.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AutoZone is 18.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.07.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AutoZone has a PEG Ratio of 1.32. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.12% of the float of AutoZone has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AutoZone has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.51, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AutoZone has recently increased by 14.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

AutoZone does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

AutoZone does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.09

News Sentiment

AutoZone has a news sentiment score of 0.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for AutoZone this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

46 people have searched for AZO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 53% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added AutoZone to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 60% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AutoZone insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,510,500.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.60% of the stock of AutoZone is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.74% of the stock of AutoZone is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/22/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 8/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Automotive Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AZO
• CIK: 866787
• Web: www.autozone.com
• Phone: (901) 495-6500
• Fax: 901-495-8300
• Employees: 130,000
• Year Founded: 1979

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AutoZone: $3,710.36
• High Price Target: $4,700.00
• Low Price Target: $3,000.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.82
• Research Coverage: 28 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $152.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.04
• P/E Growth: 1.32
• Net Income: $2.57 billion
• Net Margins: 12.65%
• Pretax Margin: 15.98%
• Return on Equity: -90.08%
• Return on Assets: 12.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.90
• Quick Ratio: 0.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $20.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.23
• Cash Flow: $180.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.45
• Book Value: ($153.29) per share
• Price / Book: -18.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 16,330,000
• Free Float: 15,901,000
• Market Cap: $45.44 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.34