Asbury Automotive vs AutoZone
ABG and AZO side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ABG and AZO compare
AutoZone is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as Asbury Automotive ($52.5B against $3.5B).
On earnings, Asbury Automotive is cheaper: it trades at 7.9× trailing earnings, against 21.4× for AutoZone.
AutoZone grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.4% versus −1.3% for Asbury Automotive).
AutoZone keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 12.6% compared with 2.7% at Asbury Automotive.
Asbury Automotive scores higher on the StockData Score (9 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 | ABG | AZO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.5B | $52.5B |
| Share price | $197.17 | $3259.70 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.3% | −14.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 21.0% | 75.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 15K | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 7.9× (better) | 21.4× |
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 0.9× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.1× (better) | 13.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 28.9× |
| PEG | – | 4.41 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.5% |
| Fair value | $259.98 | $2743.91 |
| Margin of safety | 24.2% (better) | −18.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.3% | 7.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 20.3% (better) | 6.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −16.6% | 3.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −12.3% | 5.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 13.8% (better) | 9.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 52.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 18.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 12.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6% | 51.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.91 | 1.99 (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.91 (better) | 0.90 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.49 | 2.57 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 6.8% (better) | 3.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.8% (better) | 3.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 107% | 96.9% |
| Held by insiders | 18.2% | 0.29% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $1.9M (better) | −$60.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.9% | 3.3% |
Go deeper
- ABG stock overview
- ABG income statement
- ABG valuation and score
- AZO stock overview
- AZO income statement
- AZO valuation and score
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