Advance Auto Parts vs AutoZone
AAP and AZO side by side, both in automotive dealers and gasoline service stations. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AAP and AZO compare
AutoZone is the larger company, worth 19 times as much as Advance Auto Parts ($51.7B against $2.7B).
On earnings, AutoZone is cheaper: it trades at 21.8× trailing earnings, against 32.9× for Advance Auto Parts.
AutoZone grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.7% versus −1.3% for Advance Auto Parts).
AutoZone keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.4% compared with 0.97% at Advance Auto Parts.
Advance Auto Parts pays a dividend yielding 2.2%; AutoZone does not pay one.
Advance Auto Parts scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 6 for AutoZone), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AAP | AZO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.7B | $51.7B |
| Share price | $45.11 | $3169.82 |
| Change, 1 year | −18.2% | −14.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −80.4% | 74.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.92 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 28K | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 32.9× | 21.8× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 1.2× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.1× (better) | 14.2× |
| P/FCF | 118× | 31.7× (better) |
| PEG | – | 2.97 |
| FCF yield | 0.84% | 3.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $50.14 | $2520.40 |
| Margin of safety | 10.0% (better) | −25.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.3% | 5.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −3.2% | 8.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −3.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −1.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −36.6% | 15.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.7% | 51.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 18.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.97% | 12.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.27% | 8.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 8.1% | 53.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.50 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.54 (better) | 2.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 (better) | 0.89 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.76 | 2.52 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | – |
| Payout ratio | 71.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 3.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 125% | 95.5% |
| Held by insiders | 1.3% | 0.28% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$391K (better) | −$37.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.8% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- AAP stock overview
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- AAP valuation and score
- AZO stock overview
- AZO income statement
- AZO valuation and score
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