Roth Capital Estimates AutoZone’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:AZO)

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) – Equities research analysts at Roth Capital issued their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of AutoZone in a report issued on Tuesday, October 15th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember anticipates that the company will earn $159.26 per share for the year. Roth Capital has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AutoZone’s current full-year earnings is $157.99 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for AutoZone’s Q4 2025 earnings at $58.71 EPS.

AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 24th. The company reported $48.11 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $53.31 by ($5.20). The company had revenue of $6.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.25 billion. AutoZone had a negative return on equity of 52.99% and a net margin of 14.40%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $46.46 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of AutoZone from $3,300.00 to $3,350.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of AutoZone from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $3,205.00 to $2,917.00 in a research note on Monday, October 14th. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $3,025.00 price target on shares of AutoZone in a research note on Monday, September 30th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $3,200.00 target price on shares of AutoZone in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. Finally, Oppenheimer restated a “market perform” rating and set a $2,600.00 target price on shares of AutoZone in a research report on Wednesday, June 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $3,202.71.

AutoZone Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of AZO stock opened at $3,182.07 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $54.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.01, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 0.70. AutoZone has a 52 week low of $2,375.35 and a 52 week high of $3,256.37. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $3,133.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $3,008.48.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AutoZone news, Chairman William C. Rhodes III sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $3,075.20, for a total value of $922,560.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 13,857 shares in the company, valued at $42,613,046.40. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. In other news, VP John Scott Murphy sold 1,580 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3,107.69, for a total transaction of $4,910,150.20. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 1,218 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,785,166.42. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Chairman William C. Rhodes III sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $3,075.20, for a total transaction of $922,560.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now owns 13,857 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,613,046.40. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 14,880 shares of company stock worth $46,225,660 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AutoZone

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Boston Partners boosted its stake in shares of AutoZone by 1.7% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 382,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,202,596,000 after purchasing an additional 6,226 shares in the last quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in AutoZone by 137.6% during the second quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. now owns 310,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $918,998,000 after acquiring an additional 179,543 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in AutoZone by 4.1% during the first quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 203,072 shares of the company’s stock valued at $643,641,000 after acquiring an additional 7,988 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in AutoZone by 564.2% during the first quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 152,091 shares of the company’s stock valued at $479,338,000 after acquiring an additional 129,193 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in AutoZone by 2.3% during the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 150,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $446,684,000 after acquiring an additional 3,382 shares during the last quarter. 92.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

AutoZone Company Profile

AutoZone, Inc retails and distributes automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The company provides various products for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans, and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories, and non-automotive products.