AZO
Autozone Inc Consumer Discretionary Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores S&P 500Russell 3000
$3,169.82Close
$51.3BMarket cap
$2,792.03 – $3,967.9552-week range
Dec 8, 2026Next report
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 2 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 33 · weaker than 67% of stocks over 12 months
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
20%
1wk
down 1.0%
price change
1mo
up 12.0%
price change
12-month return
down 14%
market up 11% ·
its own down 25%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z″
0.32
Elevated risk
P/E
19.9×
price / earnings
PEG
3.76
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
—
price / book
Earnings yield
up 6.2%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
65%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 7%
year on year
EPS growth
—
latest quarter
Sales growth
—
latest quarter
ROE
—
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 9%
$1.8B FCF
D/E
—
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
2.0×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- gross margin narrowed
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
Trade setup
ATR%
2.6%
$83.28 a day · 2×ATR $3,003.26
RS
33 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
2 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.7×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.94
50 sessions
Implied move
10.3%
by Dec 18, 2026 · report Dec 8, 2026
Trend template · 2 of 8
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Liabilities exceed assets Shareholders' equity is negative at -$2.5B as of Aug 29, 2026. What is left for shareholders after creditors is, on the balance sheet, less than nothing.
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
Last reported
Sep 22, 2026
Results reaction
Sep 22, 2026+2% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$1.8M33.6% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 52%
- Net 13%
- Free cash 9%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Aug 28, 2021 | FY2022Aug 27, 2022 | FY2023Aug 26, 2023 | FY2024Aug 31, 2024 | FY2025Aug 30, 2025 | FY2026Aug 29, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14.6B | $16.3B | $17.5B | $18.5B | $18.9B | $20.3B |
| Gross margin | 53% | 52% | 52% | 53% | 53% | 52% |
| Operating income | $2.9B | $3.3B | $3.5B | $3.8B | $3.6B | $3.7B |
| Net income | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.7B | $2.5B | $2.6B |
| Net margin | 15% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% |
| Earnings per share | $95.19 | $117.19 | $132.36 | $149.55 | $144.87 | $152.55 |
| Free cash flow | $2.9B | $2.5B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.8B |
| Free cash margin | 20% | 16% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 9% |
| Cash | $1.2B | $264.4M | $277.1M | $298.2M | $271.8M | $326.1M |
| Long-term debt | $5.3B | $6.1B | $7.7B | $9.0B | $8.8B | $9.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | -$1.8B | -$3.5B | -$4.3B | -$4.7B | -$3.4B | -$2.5B |
| Shares outstanding | — | — | — | — | 16.66m | 16.17m |
Next report
Dec 8, 2026
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±10.3%
$2,843 – $3,496 by Dec 18, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±6.7%
last 4: +1.4% · -11.1% · -4.3% · -9.2%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
1.5× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $2,971 – $3,368 ±6.3% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 33.6% priced · 30.1% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Calmer
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $1.8M calls $529,562 · puts $1.3M · latest session
- 2.39× -1.04 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +90 · puts -335 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 33.6% (-1.0% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.94 · 25Δ skew 0.2 pts · Net GEX -$2.8M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Aug 29, 2026 | 58d |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | May 9, 2026 | 34d |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 14, 2026 | 34d |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 22, 2025 | 27d |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Aug 30, 2025 | 58d |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | May 10, 2025 | 34d |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 15, 2025 | 34d |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 23, 2024 | 27d |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Aug 31, 2024 | 58d |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | May 4, 2024 | 34d |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 10, 2024 | 34d |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 18, 2023 | 30d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 26, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Results ↗ |