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Updated: Sep 6, 2026
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AutoZone

NYSE:AZO·Stock Analysis Report
Day Range
$2,934.77 - $2,987.66
Market Cap
48.65B
P/E Ratio
20.4143
Avg Value
$3,645.15
Year Range
$2,902.20 - $4,388.11
$2,983.29$15.25 (0.51%)
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General Information
Founded in 1979, AutoZone is the largest US-based retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories, operating over 7,600 stores and generating roughly $18.9 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.

Beyond its primary home market (88% of total revenue), the company also maintains a growing presence in Mexico and Brazil. AutoZone caters to two core customer segments: do-it-yourself, which account for about 69% of its domestic sales, and commercial do-it-for-me customers, which represent the remaining 31%.

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AutoZone (AZO) Stock Graph
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How We Grade AutoZone (AZO)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade AutoZone (AZO) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

22.56

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

31.34

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how AutoZone compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
ORLYO'Reilly Automotive
22.74
N/A
33.2
15.88
CVNACarvana
N/A
N/A
98.27
49.93
PAGPenske Automotive Group
63.83
70.79
50.85
86.73
MUSAMurphy USA
14.49
96.65
18.42
79.67
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Past Performance
How has AutoZone (AZO) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

AutoZone (AZO) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 1.3630 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of -0.0581

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Analyzing AutoZone (AZO) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, AZO's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is AZO's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
20.12
21.55
18.49
18.94
Operating Revenue
20.12
21.55
18.49
18.94
Cost Of Revenue
9.64
10.33
8.67
8.97
Gross Profit
10.48
11.22
9.82
9.97
Operating Expense
6.42
6.88
6.03
6.36
Selling General And Administration
6.42
6.88
6.03
6.36
Research and Development
Operating Income
4.06
4.33
3.79
3.61
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.23
-0.38
-0.45
-0.48
Other Income Expense
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
Pre-Tax Income
3.82
3.95
3.34
3.13
Tax Provision
0.80
0.78
0.67
0.64
Net Income
3.02
3.18
2.66
2.50
Net Income Common Stockholders
3.02
3.18
2.66
2.50
Total Operating Income As Reported
4.06
4.33
3.79
3.61
Total Expenses
16.06
17.22
14.70
15.33
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
3.02
3.18
2.66
2.50
Normalized Income
3.02
3.18
2.66
2.50
Interest Income
Interest Expense
0.24
0.39
0.46
0.49
Net Interest Income
-0.23
-0.38
-0.45
-0.48
EBIT
4.06
4.34
3.80
3.62
EBITDA
4.50
4.84
4.35
4.23
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
9.64
10.33
8.67
8.97
Reconciled Depreciation
0.55
0.61
Normalized EBITDA
4.50
4.84
4.35
4.23
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.21
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
15.28
15.99
17.18
19.36
Current Assets
6.63
6.78
7.31
8.34
Total Non-Current Assets
8.65
9.21
9.87
11.01
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
18.81
20.34
21.93
22.77
Current Liabilities
8.59
8.51
8.71
9.52
Other Non-Current Liabilities
0.73
0.70
0.78
0.84
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
-3.54
-4.35
-4.75
-3.41
Stockholders Equity
Total Capitalization
2.58
3.32
4.27
5.39
Common Stock Equity
-3.54
-4.35
-4.75
-3.41
Net Tangible Assets
-3.84
-4.65
-5.05
-3.72
Working Capital
-1.96
-1.73
-1.41
-1.18
Invested Capital
2.58
3.32
4.27
5.39
Tangible Book Value
-3.84
-4.65
-5.05
-3.72
Total Debt
9.30
10.93
12.37
12.29
Net Debt
5.86
7.39
8.73
8.53
Share Issued
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
Ordinary Shares Number
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
3.00
3.12
Net Income from Continuing Operations
2.66
2.50
Depreciation and Amortization
0.55
0.61
Deferred Tax
-0.25
0.12
Deferred Income Tax
-0.25
0.12
Stock-Based Compensation
0.11
0.12
Other Non-Cash Items
-0.03
0.08
Change in Working Capital
-0.03
-0.31
Change in Receivables
-0.04
-0.12
Changes in Account Receivables
-0.04
-0.12
Change in Inventory
-0.45
-0.89
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
0.54
0.73
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
-0.08
-0.02
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-1.29
-1.40
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
Net Business Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Business
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
-0.23
-0.11
Purchase of Investment
-0.27
-0.18
Sale of Investment
0.04
0.06
Net Other Investing Changes
Financing Cash Flow
-1.68
-1.75
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
-1.68
-1.75
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
1.29
-0.33
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
1.91
-0.50
Long-Term Debt Issuance
2.30
0.50
Long-Term Debt Payments
-0.39
-1.00
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
-0.63
Net Common Stock Issuance
-2.96
-1.41
Common Stock Issuance
0.18
0.17
Common Stock Payments
-3.14
-1.58
Cash Dividends Paid
Net Other Financing Charges
0.00
-0.01
End Cash Position
1.16
1.15
Changes in Cash
0.03
-0.03
Beginning Cash Position
1.14
1.17
Capital Expenditure
-1.07
-1.33
Issuance of Capital Stock
0.18
0.17
Issuance of Debt
2.30
0.67
Repayment of Debt
-1.01
-1.00
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-3.14
-1.58
Free Cash Flow
1.93
1.79