AutoZone Valuation

Is AZ5 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AZ5 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AZ5 (€2971) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€4097.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AZ5 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AZ5?

Key metric: As AZ5 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AZ5. This is calculated by dividing AZ5's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AZ5's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.7x
EarningsUS$2.66b
Market CapUS$52.39b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AZ5's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AZ5 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.8x
ZAL Zalando
37x21.9%€7.6b
ORLY O'Reilly Automotive
29.7x5.9%US$70.9b
FIE Fielmann Group
23.8x18.9%€3.4b
HBM HORNBACH Baumarkt
24.8xn/a€1.8b
AZ5 AutoZone
19.7x3.7%€52.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AZ5 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.7x) compared to the peer average (28.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AZ5's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Specialty Retail Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AZ5 19.7xIndustry Avg. 16.3xNo. of Companies13PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AZ5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.7x) compared to the European Specialty Retail industry average (16.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AZ5's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AZ5 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.7x
Fair PE Ratio15.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AZ5 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AZ5 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2,971.00
€3,128.47
+5.3%
8.3%€3,456.66€2,473.12n/a24
Nov ’25€2,745.00
€3,027.71
+10.3%
8.3%€3,346.19€2,394.08n/a24
Oct ’25€2,813.00
€2,927.32
+4.1%
7.8%€3,144.75€2,291.18n/a23
Sep ’25€2,867.00
€2,951.41
+2.9%
8.3%€3,469.65€2,336.31n/a23
Aug ’25€2,902.00
€2,954.64
+1.8%
7.4%€3,187.46€2,355.95n/a23
Jul ’25€2,746.00
€2,975.27
+8.3%
7.4%€3,212.99€2,374.82n/a23
Jun ’25€2,536.00
€2,937.40
+15.8%
7.4%€3,176.42€2,347.79n/a23
May ’25€2,777.00
€3,076.07
+10.8%
8.3%€3,387.96€2,333.93n/a24
Apr ’25€2,922.00
€2,992.20
+2.4%
8.3%€3,321.36€2,288.05n/a24
Mar ’25€2,796.00
€2,924.90
+4.6%
8.4%€3,281.48€2,288.54n/a23
Feb ’25€2,562.00
€2,698.18
+5.3%
7.6%€2,954.26€1,948.07n/a24
Jan ’25€2,310.00
€2,638.26
+14.2%
7.9%€2,912.15€1,920.30n/a24
Dec ’24€2,386.00
€2,575.26
+7.9%
8.3%€2,934.01€1,889.08n/a23
Nov ’24€2,350.00
€2,636.58
+12.2%
8.3%€3,015.03€1,941.25€2,745.0023
Oct ’24€2,396.00
€2,678.65
+11.8%
8.2%€3,060.36€1,970.43€2,813.0022
Sep ’24€2,352.00
€2,526.20
+7.4%
7.9%€2,771.76€1,899.85€2,867.0022
Aug ’24€2,266.00
€2,503.38
+10.5%
7.7%€2,746.39€1,882.46€2,902.0023
Jul ’24€2,290.00
€2,522.90
+10.2%
7.7%€2,766.92€1,896.53€2,746.0023
Jun ’24€2,212.00
€2,558.48
+15.7%
7.7%€2,806.79€1,905.27€2,536.0023
May ’24€2,416.00
€2,457.17
+1.7%
9.2%€2,642.44€1,722.74€2,777.0023
Apr ’24€2,260.00
€2,448.28
+8.3%
9.6%€2,658.09€1,732.94€2,922.0023
Mar ’24€2,305.00
€2,499.46
+8.4%
9.6%€2,718.97€1,772.63€2,796.0023
Feb ’24€2,264.00
€2,364.05
+4.4%
9.8%€2,594.36€1,684.06€2,562.0022
Jan ’24€2,285.00
€2,427.78
+6.2%
10.4%€2,684.13€1,742.33€2,310.0021
Dec ’23€2,460.00
€2,330.07
-5.3%
11.4%€2,707.50€1,757.50€2,386.0020
Nov ’23€2,584.00
€2,404.99
-6.9%
9.3%€2,834.16€1,872.57€2,350.0020

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies