Shares in AutoZone, Inc. do not show any sign of a slowdown in the ascending dynamic. Investors could bet on a continuation of the underlying trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
● There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
● Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
● For the last week, the earnings per share forecast has been revised upwards. According to recent estimates, analysts give a positive overview of the stock
● The tendency within the weekly time frame is positive above the technical support level at 1299.18 USD
Weaknesses
● With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
AutoZone, Inc. specializes in distributing automotive spare parts and accessories. The group offers compressors, batteries, carburetors, clutches, des rotors, des motors, fuel pumps, etc. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- retail and professional distribution (98.2%): sale of spare parts primarily to garages and service stations;
- other (1.8%): sales of diagnostic and maintenance software (name Alldata), and an e-commerce division.
At the end of August 2023, AutoZone, Inc. had a network of 7,140 stores located in the United States and Puerto Rico (6,300), Mexico (740) and Brazil (100).