AENT vs AZO vs ECXJ Stock Comparison

Alliance Entertainment Holding, Autozone and Cxj Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
ECXJ CXJ GROUP CO., Ltd
$1.29 -0.8% 1M -31.7% 1Y
Market cap
$131.93M
P/E
2,034x
Revenue (TTM)
$663.21K
Div. yield
–
Consumer Goods Distributors Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Autozone leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Autozone 5, Alliance Entertainment Holding 2, Cxj 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAENTAZOECXJLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $531.05M $50.89B $131.93M AZO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.3x 20.2x 2,034x AENT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.7x 17.4x — AENT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.4% +52.4% ECXJ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.6% 9.8% AZO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 45.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.8% -17.5% -31.7% AZO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.9%/yr +12.1%/yr +16.2%/yr ECXJ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 30.7% 373.4% AZO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 33/100 AZO

Percentile Scorecard

AENTAZOECXJ

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

AxisAENTAZOECXJ
Valuation 26 #77 of 104 29 #74 of 104 4 #100 of 104
Growth – 50 #50 of 99 66 #34 of 99
Profitability – 92 #9 of 98 52 #48 of 98
Financial Health 36 #72 of 112 18 #92 of 112 11 #100 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 80 #15 of 72 –
Overall – 54 33
  • AENT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • AZO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • ECXJ ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAENTAZOECXJSPY
1 month +1.2%+9.5%-0.8% -0.2%
3 months -15.6%+0.9%-4.4% +3.9%
6 months -34.1%-11.7%+61.3% +8.2%
Year to date -38.9%-7.2%-32.1% +12.9%
1 year -22.8%-17.5%-31.7% +12.3%
3 years +295.2%+28.6%+87.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +58.2%+8.8%+23.2% +23.3%
5 years -49.8%+76.8%+111.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year -12.9%+12.1%+16.2% +10.9%
10 years —+333.2%+7.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.8%+0.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAENTAZOECXJSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%30.7%373.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.8%33.4%1,481.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.090.13-2.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.57-0.09 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.0%-35.8%-99.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.4%-20.7%-32.1% -1.2%
52-week high $8.43$3,967.95$1.90 $779.14
52-week low $4.39$2,793.77$0.07 $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.

MultipleAENTAZOECXJ
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 16.7x 20.2xmedian 16.7x 2,034xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 2.5xmedian 0.5x 198.9xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 13.5xmedian 9.0x -538.4xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -189.4xmedian 16.5x 28.0xmedian 16.5x -4,167xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.7x -20.3xmedian 1.7x -82.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 4.16median 0.72 75.81median 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 monthsAENTAZOECXJ
Revenue – $20.34B $663.21K
Gross profit – $10.64B $409.81K
Operating income – $3.72B $43.82K
Net income – $2.57B $64.85K
Free cash flow – $1.82B -$31.66K
EPS (diluted) – $152.55 $0.00
Cash & equivalents $814.00K $326.12M $55.78K
Total debt $73.72M $9.13B –
Shares (diluted) 51.05M 16.87M 102.27M
Enterprise value $524.40M $49.73B $131.60M

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
MetricAENTAZOECXJ
P/E 19.3x 20.2x 2,034x
P/FCF -189.4x 28.0x -4,167x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.7x -4,167x
P/S 0.5x 2.5x 198.9x
P/B 4.6x -20.3x -82.2x
P/Tangible book 5.4x -20.3x -82.2x
EV/EBITDA – 13.5x -538.4x
EV/EBIT – 16.0x 3,009x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x 198.8x
EV/FCF – 32.9x -4,165x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.4x -4,165x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.16 75.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAENTAZOECXJ
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.4% 52.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% -26.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.8% 16.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% -24.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 3.1% 101.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 2.3% 26.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 3.0% 102.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% 26.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – 5.3% 102.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.8% 26.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.2% 93.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% -27.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.4% 93.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -5.4% -27.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAENTAZOECXJ
Gross margin – 52.3% 61.8%
EBITDA margin – 21.7% -36.9%
Operating margin – 18.3% 6.6%
Pretax margin – 16.0% 11.1%
Net margin – 12.6% 9.8%
FCF margin – 8.9% -4.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.0% -4.8%
Return on equity – – –
Return on assets – 12.1% 22.4%
Return on invested capital – 45.7% –
Return on capital employed – 33.3% –
Asset turnover – 1.0x 2.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x -0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAENTAZOECXJ
Debt / assets 18.5% 42.2% –
Debt / equity 0.6x -3.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x –
Debt / FCF – 5.0x –
Liabilities / assets 70.7% 111.6% 582.9%
Equity / assets 29.3% -11.6% -482.9%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.3x 0.9x 0.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.54 5.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAENTAZOECXJ
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 3.8% –
Shareholder yield – 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.

ConsensusAENTAZOECXJ
Forward P/E 9.7xFY2027 17.4xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2027 $180.87FY2027 –
EPS growth, next FY +96.2%FY2027 +18.6%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after +21.6% +0.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.10BFY2027 $20.52BFY2027 –
Revenue growth, next FY -4.6%FY2027 +0.9%FY2027 –
Revenue growth, the year after +3.5% +6.1% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAENTAZOECXJ
Held by institutions 0.8% – –
Institutions holding 19 – –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% – –
Institutions buying 10 – –
Institutions selling 4 – –
Buyers to sellers 2.50 – –

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.

AENTAZOECXJ
AENT 1.00 -0.02 -0.01
AZO -0.02 1.00 -0.04
ECXJ -0.01 -0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AENT, AZO and ECXJ?

Autozone (AZO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) $531.05M, Autozone (AZO) $50.89B, Cxj (ECXJ) $131.93M.

Which stock is cheaper, AENT, AZO and ECXJ?

Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 19.3x, Autozone (AZO) 20.2x, Cxj (ECXJ) 2,034x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) is cheapest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 9.7x, 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?

Cxj (ECXJ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Autozone (AZO) +7.4%, Cxj (ECXJ) +52.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Autozone (AZO) has the highest net margin (Autozone (AZO) 12.6%, Cxj (ECXJ) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Autozone (AZO) returned the most: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -22.8%, Autozone (AZO) -17.5%, Cxj (ECXJ) -31.7%. Over five years, Cxj (ECXJ) compounded fastest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -12.9%/yr, Autozone (AZO) +12.1%/yr, Cxj (ECXJ) +16.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Autozone (AZO) has been the steadiest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 67.3%, Autozone (AZO) 30.7%, Cxj (ECXJ) 373.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AENT, AZO and ECXJ?

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.