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Held by 1,245 of 5,944 reporting institutions (99th percentile) — extremely crowded.
Data as of Q1 2026
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Solve the discounted cash flow backwards, then stress-test the assumptions.
To be worth $2844.31 today, the market must believe free cash flow compounds 12.7%/yr for a decade (off $2.0B normalized FCF).
The market's 12.7% is more optimistic than its 9-yr track record.
2-stage DCF · 0.02B shares · net debt $8.5B
mean 7.5% · volatility σ 26% · implied rate exceeded in 3/9 yrs
Central path = implied 12.7%/yr growth; shaded band = ±1σ (26%) of this company's historical FCF volatility, widening with time. The wider the band, the less certain the growth.
Reverse DCF: rather than guessing a fair value, we solve for the growth the current price implies, then you stress-test the assumptions. Enterprise value of the FCF stream, less net debt, ÷ shares. Educational — not a recommendation.
Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.
Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.
Is the value real, and is the business safe? Academic scores + earnings quality + solvency, from SEC filings.
Insufficient balance-sheet detail (needs retained earnings, working capital, equity).
Eight indices comparing this year to last (receivables, margins, asset quality, growth, accruals, leverage). Above −1.78 suggests possible manipulation; below −2.22 is clean.
A screen, not proof — high growth alone can raise it.
Cash conversion lags reported earnings — watch accruals. Lower/negative accruals = higher quality (Sloan).
Comfortably covers interest; leverage rising year-over-year.
F-Score (0–9 fundamental momentum), Altman Z (distress risk), and Beneish M (earnings-manipulation screen) are academic models computed from the SEC filings. Screens and context — educational, not recommendations.
What the company returns to shareholders — and whether it's covered by cash.
No dividend to cover. Last year: $0 dividends + $1.6B buybacks = $1.6B returned on $1.8B FCF.
Yields use the latest fiscal-year dividends/buybacks over current market cap. Dividends and buybacks from the SEC cash-flow statement; payout coverage vs net income and free cash flow. Educational — not a recommendation.
How management deployed cash over 10 years — and what it earned on reinvestment.
A cash-return story — far more went to shareholders than back into the business (mature, low-reinvestment).
Reinvestment has been productive — operating income grew well per dollar put in. Current ROIC on all capital: 46%. Rough measure (includes maintenance capex).
Cash uses aggregated from the SEC cash-flow statement over 10 fiscal years. "Return on reinvestment" is a rough proxy — operating-income change ÷ cumulative CapEx + M&A — and includes maintenance capex. Educational — not a recommendation.
How much the company owes, how it's trended, and how comfortably it's serviced.
Cash of $272M is below the $1.6B due within a year — relies on refinancing or operating cash flow. Scheduled principal only (excludes interest & revolver draws). As of 2025-08-30 (10-K).
Green ≤ 1.5× · amber ≤ 3× · red > 3× (leverage relative to cash earnings).
Interest is easily covered by operating profit. Effective rate ~5.6% on $8.8B of debt.
Cash vs short-term debt unavailable.
Mostly long-term debt (balance-sheet current vs non-current split). See the maturity ladder above for the year-by-year repayment schedule.
Debt, cash, interest and equity from the SEC balance sheet & income statement. Effective rate = interest ÷ average debt. Maturity ladder from the SEC long-term-debt repayment schedule. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-09-17
Nothing notable to watch.
Is the profit real, and how strong is the balance sheet?
FY2025 · every deduction from revenue to net income
DuPont — the three levers
Returns are margin-driven, not leverage-driven — higher quality.
What the company owes vs. what it holds
Year-by-year maturities aren't in SEC companyfacts (footnote-only), so this shows the debt/cash structure and net leverage instead.
Latest year: profit growth vs revenue growth
Profit and sales moved in opposite directions this year.
Each line as % of revenue — the trend in color
| % of revenue | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Revenue | 46.8 | 46.3 | 46.4 | 47.2 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 46.9 | 47.4 |
| Gross Profit | 53.2 | 53.7 | 53.6 | 52.8 | 52.1 | 52.0 | 53.1 | 52.6 |
| SG&A | 37.1 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 32.6 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 33.6 |
| Operating Income | 16.1 | 18.7 | 19.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 19.1 |
| Income Tax | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Net Income | 11.9 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 13.2 |
Green = margin-favorable vs the row's own range · red = unfavorable.
The metrics that matter, over time
A 30-second read on AZO: price, valuation, headline fundamentals, and an auto-generated scorecard from SEC filings. Flags are rule-based signals, not recommendations.
EOD close · as of 2026-09-17
How a revenue dollar becomes profit — FY2025
Each value shows its share of revenue below it (common-size).
| Line Item | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.94B 100.0% | $18.49B 100.0% | $17.46B 100.0% | $16.25B 100.0% | $14.63B 100.0% | $12.63B 100.0% | $11.86B 100.0% | $11.22B 100.0% | $10.89B 100.0% | $10.64B 100.0% |
| Cost of Revenue | $8.97B 47.4% | $8.67B 46.9% | $8.39B 48.0% | $7.78B 47.9% | $6.91B 47.2% | $5.86B 46.4% | $5.50B 46.3% | $5.25B 46.8% | $5.15B 47.3% | $5.03B 47.3% |
| Gross Profit | $9.97B 52.6% | $9.82B 53.1% | $9.07B 52.0% | $8.47B 52.1% | $7.72B 52.8% | $6.77B 53.6% | $6.37B 53.7% | $5.97B 53.2% | $5.74B 52.7% | $5.61B 52.7% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $6.36B 33.6% | $6.03B 32.6% | $5.60B 32.1% | $5.20B 32.0% | $4.77B 32.6% | $4.35B 34.5% | $4.15B 35.0% | $4.16B 37.1% | $3.66B 33.6% | $3.55B 33.4% |
| Operating Income | $3.61B 19.1% | $3.79B 20.5% | $3.47B 19.9% | $3.27B 20.1% | $2.94B 20.1% | $2.42B 19.1% | $2.22B 18.7% | $1.81B 16.1% | $2.08B 19.1% | $2.06B 19.4% |
| Interest Expense | $490.0M 2.6% | $465.2M 2.5% | $320.1M 1.8% | $198.9M 1.2% | $202.3M 1.4% | $208.0M 1.6% | $193.7M 1.6% | $181.7M 1.6% | $159.3M 1.5% | $151.0M 1.4% |
| Interest & Investment Income | $11.0M 0.1% | $11.3M 0.1% | $12.1M 0.1% | $6.0M 0.0% | $5.4M 0.0% | $5.7M 0.0% | $7.4M 0.1% | $5.6M 0.1% | $3.5M 0.0% | $2.4M 0.0% |
| Pretax Income | $3.13B 16.5% | $3.34B 18.0% | $3.17B 18.1% | $3.08B 18.9% | $2.75B 18.8% | $2.22B 17.5% | $2.03B 17.1% | $1.64B 14.6% | $1.93B 17.7% | $1.91B 18.0% |
| Income Tax Expense | $636.1M 3.4% | $674.7M 3.6% | $639.2M 3.7% | $649.5M 4.0% | $578.9M 4.0% | $483.5M 3.8% | $414.1M 3.5% | $298.8M 2.7% | $644.6M 5.9% | $671.7M 6.3% |
| Net Income | $2.50B 13.2% | $2.66B 14.4% | $2.53B 14.5% | $2.43B 14.9% | $2.17B 14.8% | $1.73B 13.7% | $1.62B 13.6% | $1.34B 11.9% | $1.28B 11.8% | $1.24B 11.7% |
| Per Share | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) | $148.80 | $153.82 | $136.60 | $120.83 | $97.60 | $73.62 | $64.78 | $49.59 | $45.05 | $41.52 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $144.87 | $149.55 | $132.36 | $117.19 | $95.19 | $71.93 | $63.43 | $48.77 | $44.07 | $40.70 |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Basic) | 16.8M | 17.3M | 18.5M | 20.1M | 22.2M | 23.5M | 25.0M | 27.0M | 28.4M | 29.9M |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Diluted) | 17.2M | 17.8M | 19.1M | 20.7M | 22.8M | 24.1M | 25.5M | 27.4M | 29.1M | 30.5M |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (annual, fiscal year). Quarterly flow items are derived from cumulative filings; balance-sheet figures are as-of each period end. Ratios and margins are computed, not reported.
Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.
Drag any bubble to rearrange · size = dollar value of the position
Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.
Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.
How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.
Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Ranked against 490 sector peers with collected financials. Valuation from latest close × latest fiscal-year fundamentals; 13F conviction as of 2026-03-31.
Percentile is “goodness” within the peer set (100 = best). For valuation and leverage that means cheaper / less-levered ranks higher.
| Company | Mkt cap ▼ | P/E | EV/EBITDA | P/S | Rev gr | Gross | Net | ROE | ROIC | Net D/EBITDA | 13F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | $2.70T | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.5% | 16.2% | — | 5,764 |
| TSLA | $1.37T | 339.1× | 145.5× | 14.5× | -2.9% | 18.0% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 0.9× | 4,029 |
| TM | $614.2B | 60.0× | 24.8× | 2.6× | 3.8% | 18.4% | 4.4% | 7.9% | 5.9% | 1.7× | 665 |
| PDD | $442.6B | 32.9× | 31.9× | 7.2× | 14.5% | 56.3% | 22.7% | 23.7% | 23.7% | — | 548 |
| HD | $301.3B | 21.3× | 14.3× | 1.8× | 3.2% | 33.3% | 8.6% | 110% | 22.8% | 2.0× | 3,970 |
| BABA | $201.7B | 135.7× | — | 1.4× | 8.1% | 39.8% | 10.1% | 9.8% | 9.8% | — | 1,298 |
| TJX | $140.1B | 26.0× | — | 2.3× | 7.1% | 31.0% | 9.1% | 53.9% | 42.1% | — | 2,608 |
| HTHT | $132.7B | 187.9× | 114.3× | — | — | — | — | 39.7% | 27.3% | 0.7× | 258 |
| SBUX | $109.9B | 59.3× | 26.8× | 3.0× | 2.8% | — | 5.0% | -22.9% | 23.3% | 3.4× | 2,252 |
| LOW | $108.9B | 16.4× | 12.0× | 1.3× | 3.1% | 33.5% | 7.7% | -67.1% | 22.3% | 3.2× | 2,591 |
| ABNB | $101.7B | — | 37.9× | 8.3× | 10.3% | 83.0% | 20.5% | 30.6% | 24.6% | 0.8× | 1,246 |
| MELI | $92.5B | 46.3× | — | 3.2× | 39.1% | 44.5% | 6.9% | 29.6% | 12.5% | — | 1,380 |
| MAR | $88.8B | 35.1× | 20.6× | 3.4× | 4.3% | — | 9.9% | -69.0% | -69.4% | 0.0× | 1,559 |
| LKNCY | $86.3B | 168.2× | 90.8× | 12.3× | 48.9% | — | 7.3% | 23.0% | 23.0% | — | 9 |
| GM | $78.3B | 26.5× | 3.9× | 0.4× | -1.3% | — | 1.5% | 4.4% | 4.4% | — | 1,447 |
| ROST | $74.0B | 34.7× | 22.0× | 3.3× | 7.7% | 27.7% | 9.4% | 34.7% | 27.8% | 0.5× | 1,276 |
| ORLY | $71.5B | 28.6× | 19.5× | 4.0× | 6.4% | 51.6% | 14.3% | -333% | 48.3% | 1.5× | 1,569 |
| HLT | $69.7B | 49.4× | 24.0× | 5.8× | 7.7% | — | 12.1% | -27.0% | -27.0% | — | 1,126 |
| RCL | $67.7B | 16.0× | — | 3.8× | 8.8% | 49.4% | 23.8% | 42.5% | 32.3% | — | 1,114 |
| SE | $62.0B | 40.2× | 24.6× | 2.7× | 36.4% | 44.7% | 6.9% | 12.6% | 12.6% | — | 718 |
| F | $54.2B | — | 4.5× | 0.3× | 1.2% | 6.8% | -4.4% | -22.7% | -22.7% | — | — |
| NKE | $53.9B | 17.3× | — | 1.2× | 0.2% | 42.9% | 6.7% | 20.9% | 13.6% | — | 1,848 |
| EBAY | $50.7B | 26.0× | 18.4× | 4.6× | 7.9% | 71.5% | 18.3% | 45.3% | 38.8% | 0.3× | 1,182 |
| AZO | $47.8B | 19.6× | 13.3× | 2.5× | 2.4% | 52.6% | 13.2% | -73.2% | 46.4% | 2.1× | 1,245 |
| CMG | $44.8B | 29.4× | 19.4× | 3.8× | 5.4% | — | 12.9% | 54.3% | 54.3% | 0.0× | 1,203 |
Peers = companies sharing AZO's sector (Consumer Cyclical) with collected SEC financials. Multiples use the most recent end-of-day close and latest fiscal-year fundamentals (trailing, not forward). Missing cells mean the peer never reported that line item, has no collected price, or has a non-positive denominator. Not investment advice.