AutoZone (AZO) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect

Auto parts and accessories retailer AutoZone will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what to expect. AutoZone beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.46 billion, up 5.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ gross margin estimates. Is AutoZone a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.This quarter, analysts are expecting AutoZone’s revenue to be flat year on year at $6.24 billion, slowing from the 9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $50.78 per share. The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. AutoZone has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years. With AutoZone being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for automotive and marine retail stocks. However, investors in the segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. AutoZone’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $4,449 (compared to the current share price of $4,144).Here at StockStory, we certainly understand the potential of thematic investing. Diverse winners from Microsoft (MSFT) to Alphabet (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO) to Monster Beverage (MNST) could all have been identified as promising growth stories with a megatrend driving the growth. So, in that spirit, we’ve identified a relatively under-the-radar profitable growth stock benefiting from the rise of AI, available to you FREE via this link.StockStory is growing and hiring equity analyst and marketing roles. Are you a 0 to 1 builder passionate about the markets and AI? See the open roles here.