AutoZone Should Continue to Deliver Strong Returns Even as It Invests in Its Commercial Presence
We do not plan a large change for our $760 per share valuation for narrow-moat AutoZone after it reported full-year fiscal 2018 earnings that trailed our top-line expectations but with better profitability. The results do not change our long-term targets and are consistent with our favorable view of the industry and AutoZone, so our long-term average targets of 4% top-line growth and high-teens adjusted operating margins over the next decade are intact.In fiscal 2018, AutoZone reported $11.221 ...
AutoZone is a retailer and a distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. The company operates stores in the United States, including Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, Mexico, and Brazil. Each store carries a product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products. In addition, the company has a commercial sales program that provides commercial credit and delivery of parts and other products to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers, service stations and public sector accounts. The company also sells the ALLDATA brand automotive diagnostic and repair software.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.
Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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