ABG vs AZO vs FFLO Stock Comparison

Asbury Automotive, Autozone and Free Flow USA Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABG Asbury Automotive Group Inc
$195.05 +5.5% 1M -16.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.50B
P/E
7.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.59B
Div. yield
–
Auto Dealerships Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
AZO Autozone Inc
$3,146.46 +9.5% 1M -17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$50.89B
P/E
20.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.34B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
FFLO Free Flow USA, Inc.
$0.31 +29.2% 1M +55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$9.61M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$33.90K
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Autozone leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Autozone 5, Asbury Automotive 2, Free Flow USA 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABGAZOFFLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.50B $50.89B $9.61M AZO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.6x 20.2x -50.7x ABG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.2x 17.4x — ABG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.3% +7.4% +1,020.7% FFLO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.6% -558.8% AZO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 45.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.8% -17.5% +55.0% FFLO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.1%/yr +12.1%/yr +10.3%/yr AZO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.9% 30.7% 225.1% AZO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 23/100 AZO

Percentile Scorecard

ABGAZOFFLO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABGAZOFFLO
Valuation 92 #9 of 104 29 #74 of 104 3 #101 of 104
Growth 18 #81 of 99 50 #50 of 99 77 #24 of 99
Profitability – 92 #9 of 98 9 #89 of 98
Financial Health – 18 #92 of 112 4 #108 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 80 #15 of 72 –
Overall – 54 23
  • ABG ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • AZO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • FFLO ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABGAZOFFLOSPY
1 month +5.5%+9.5%+29.2% -0.2%
3 months -19.1%+0.9%+287.5% +3.9%
6 months -2.7%-11.7%+520.0% +8.2%
Year to date -16.1%-7.2%+675.0% +12.9%
1 year -16.8%-17.5%+55.0% +12.3%
3 years +4.6%+28.6%+24.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +1.5%+8.8%+7.4% +23.3%
5 years -0.5%+76.8%+63.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.1%+12.1%+10.3% +10.9%
10 years +287.4%+333.2%-69.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.5%+15.8%-11.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABGAZOFFLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.9%30.7%225.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.3%33.4%— 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.13-0.24 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.45-0.570.24 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -47.1%-35.8%-96.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.8%-20.7%-11.4% -1.2%
52-week high $256.03$3,967.95$0.35 $779.14
52-week low $161.79$2,793.77$0.04 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABGAZOFFLO
P/E now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 16.7x 20.2xmedian 16.7x -50.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.5x 2.5xmedian 0.5x 283.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 13.5xmedian 9.0x —median 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 16.5x 28.0xmedian 16.5x —median 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.7x -20.3xmedian 1.7x -8.1xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.47median 0.72 4.16median 0.72 —median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABGAZOFFLO
Revenue $17.59B $20.34B $33.90K
Gross profit $3.00B $10.64B $33.90K
Operating income $746.30M $3.72B -$92.19K
Net income – $2.57B -$189.44K
Free cash flow – $1.82B –
EPS (diluted) $25.55 $152.55 –
Cash & equivalents $84.50M $326.12M $4.19K
Total debt – $9.13B $2.00M
Shares (diluted) 18.30M 16.87M –
Enterprise value $3.50B $49.73B $9.51M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABGAZOFFLO
P/E 7.6x 20.2x -50.7x
P/FCF 6.3x 28.0x –
P/Operating cash flow – 15.7x –
P/S 0.2x 2.5x 283.5x
P/B 0.9x -20.3x -8.1x
P/Tangible book 0.9x -20.3x -8.1x
EV/EBITDA – 13.5x –
EV/EBIT – 16.0x -109.6x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 2.9x 298.1x
EV/FCF – 32.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.4x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.47 4.16 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABGAZOFFLO
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.3% 7.4% 1,021%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 5.2% -21.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% 6.8% 1,412%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 5.5% 57.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -23.4% 3.1% 57.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.0% 2.3% 23.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 3.0% 7.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% -24.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -10.7% 5.3% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -16.2% 4.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.2% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -5.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABGAZOFFLO
Gross margin – 52.3% 100.0%
EBITDA margin – 21.7% –
Operating margin – 18.3% -272.0%
Pretax margin – 16.0% -228.5%
Net margin – 12.6% -558.8%
FCF margin – 8.9% –
Operating cash flow margin – 16.0% –
Return on equity – – –
Return on assets – 12.1% -38.2%
Return on invested capital – 45.7% –
Return on capital employed – 33.3% -714.6%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABGAZOFFLO
Debt / assets – 42.2% 252.6%
Debt / equity – -3.6x -0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x –
Debt / FCF – 5.0x –
Liabilities / assets – 111.6% 702.7%
Equity / assets – -11.6% -602.7%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.9x 0.9x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.1x 0.0x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.54 -9.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABGAZOFFLO
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 3.8% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 3.8% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABGAZOFFLO
Forward P/E 7.2xFY2026 17.4xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $26.97FY2026 $180.87FY2027 –
EPS growth, next FY -4.0%FY2026 +18.6%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +0.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.40BFY2026 $20.52BFY2027 –
Revenue growth, next FY -8.9%FY2026 +0.9%FY2027 –
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +6.1% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABGAZOFFLO
Held by institutions 100.0% – –
Institutions holding 315 – –
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% – –
Institutions buying 173 – –
Institutions selling 106 – –
Buyers to sellers 1.63 – –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABGAZOFFLO
ABG 1.00 0.24 -0.02
AZO 0.24 1.00 -0.10
FFLO -0.02 -0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABG, AZO and FFLO?

Autozone (AZO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Asbury Automotive (ABG) $3.50B, Autozone (AZO) $50.89B, Free Flow USA (FFLO) $9.61M.

Which stock is cheaper, ABG, AZO and FFLO?

Asbury Automotive (ABG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.6x, Autozone (AZO) 20.2x, Free Flow USA (FFLO) -50.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Asbury Automotive (ABG) is cheapest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 7.2x, Autozone (AZO) 17.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Free Flow USA (FFLO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Asbury Automotive (ABG) -1.3%, Autozone (AZO) +7.4%, Free Flow USA (FFLO) +1,020.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Autozone (AZO) has the highest net margin (Autozone (AZO) 12.6%, Free Flow USA (FFLO) -558.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Free Flow USA (FFLO) returned the most: Asbury Automotive (ABG) -16.8%, Autozone (AZO) -17.5%, Free Flow USA (FFLO) +55.0%. Over five years, Autozone (AZO) compounded fastest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) -0.1%/yr, Autozone (AZO) +12.1%/yr, Free Flow USA (FFLO) +10.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Autozone (AZO) has been the steadiest (Asbury Automotive (ABG) 36.9%, Autozone (AZO) 30.7%, Free Flow USA (FFLO) 225.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABG, AZO and FFLO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Autozone (AZO) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.