AutoZone vs CarParts.com
AZO and PRTS 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 AZO and PRTS compare
AutoZone is the larger company, worth 749 times as much as CarParts.com ($52.1B against $69.6M).
AutoZone grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.4% versus −7.7% for CarParts.com).
AutoZone keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.6% compared with −4.0% at CarParts.com.
AutoZone scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 5 for CarParts.com), 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 | AZO | PRTS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $52.1B | $69.6M |
| Share price | $3237.73 | $8.60 |
| Change, 1 year | −13.2% | 36.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 74.1% | −93.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 15K | 741 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.2× | – |
| P/S | 2.6× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | – | 1.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8× | – |
| P/FCF | 28.7× | – |
| PEG | 4.38 | – |
| FCF yield | 3.5% (better) | −9.8% |
| Fair value | $2758.53 | $11.79 |
| Margin of safety | −17.4% | 27.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.4% (better) | −7.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.8% (better) | 4.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 3.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 5.3% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 52.3% (better) | 33.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.3% (better) | −4.1% |
| Net margin | 12.6% (better) | −4.0% |
| FCF margin | 8.9% (better) | −1.3% |
| Return on equity | – | −35.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 51.9% (better) | −70.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.99 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −12.4× |
| Current ratio | 0.90 | 1.70 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.57 (better) | 0.97 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 3.9% (better) | −11.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.9% (better) | −11.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 96.9% | 10.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.29% | 22.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$60.1M | $2.1M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 7.1% |
Go deeper
- AZO stock overview
- AZO income statement
- AZO valuation and score
- PRTS stock overview
- PRTS income statement
- PRTS valuation and score
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