AENT vs AZO vs LKQ Stock Comparison

Alliance Entertainment Holding, Autozone and Lkq Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AZO Autozone Inc
$3,146.46 +9.5% 1M -17.5% 1Y
Market cap
$52.16B
P/E
20.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.34B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
8 wins
LKQ Lkq Corp
$17.10 -26.6% 1M -45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.33B
P/E
9.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.69B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Goods Distributors Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Autozone leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Autozone 8, Lkq 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAENTAZOLKQLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $245.39M $52.16B $4.33B AZO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.3x 20.3x 9.4x LKQ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.7x 17.4x 6.8x LKQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.4% +1.3% AZO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 12.6% 3.4% AZO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 45.7% 6.3% AZO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x 2.8x AZO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.8% -17.5% -45.7% AZO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.9%/yr +12.1%/yr -21.2%/yr AZO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 30.7% 44.1% AZO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 54/100 60/100 LKQ

Percentile Scorecard

AENTAZOLKQ

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

AxisAENTAZOLKQ
Valuation 26 #77 of 104 29 #74 of 104 87 #14 of 104
Growth – 50 #50 of 99 11 #88 of 99
Profitability – 92 #9 of 98 60 #40 of 98
Financial Health 36 #72 of 112 18 #92 of 112 47 #60 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 80 #15 of 72 93 #6 of 72
Overall – 54 60
  • AENT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • AZO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LKQ ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAENTAZOLKQSPY
1 month +1.2%+9.5%-26.6% -0.2%
3 months -15.6%+0.9%-35.6% +3.9%
6 months -34.1%-11.7%-45.0% +8.2%
Year to date -38.9%-7.2%-43.4% +12.9%
1 year -22.8%-17.5%-45.7% +12.3%
3 years +295.2%+28.6%-60.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +58.2%+8.8%-26.8% +23.3%
5 years -49.8%+76.8%-69.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -12.9%+12.1%-21.2% +10.9%
10 years —+333.2%-46.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.8%-6.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAENTAZOLKQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%30.7%44.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.8%33.4%52.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.090.130.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.34-0.57-1.04 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.0%-35.8%-71.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.4%-20.7%-50.9% -1.2%
52-week high $8.43$3,967.95$34.80 $779.14
52-week low $4.39$2,793.77$17.10 $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.

MultipleAENTAZOLKQ
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 16.7x 20.2xmedian 16.7x 9.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 2.5xmedian 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 13.5xmedian 9.0x 6.2xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -189.4xmedian 16.5x 28.0xmedian 16.5x 6.9xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.7x -20.3xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 4.16median 0.72 -0.44median 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 monthsAENTAZOLKQ
Revenue – $20.34B $13.69B
Gross profit – $10.64B $5.25B
Operating income – $3.72B $869.00M
Net income – $2.57B $461.00M
Free cash flow – $1.82B $625.00M
EPS (diluted) – $152.55 $1.81
Cash & equivalents $814.00K $326.12M $301.00M
Total debt $73.72M $9.13B $3.93B
Shares (diluted) 51.05M 16.87M 254.70M
Enterprise value $238.74M $51.01B $3.09B

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
MetricAENTAZOLKQ
P/E 19.3x 20.2x 9.4x
P/FCF -189.4x 28.0x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.7x 5.3x
P/S 0.5x 2.5x 0.3x
P/B 4.6x -20.3x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 5.4x -20.3x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA – 13.5x 6.2x
EV/EBIT – 16.0x 9.2x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x 0.6x
EV/FCF – 32.9x 12.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.4x 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 4.16 -0.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAENTAZOLKQ
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.4% 1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.8% -0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% -0.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 3.1% -22.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 2.3% -15.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 3.0% -35.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% -23.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 5.3% -34.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.8% -21.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.2% -13.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% -12.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.4% -7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -5.4% -13.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAENTAZOLKQ
Gross margin – 52.3% 38.3%
EBITDA margin – 21.7% 9.4%
Operating margin – 18.3% 6.3%
Pretax margin – 16.0% 4.9%
Net margin – 12.6% 3.4%
FCF margin – 8.9% 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.0% 6.0%
Return on equity – – 7.1%
Return on assets – 12.1% 3.1%
Return on invested capital – 45.7% 6.3%
Return on capital employed – 33.3% 7.4%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAENTAZOLKQ
Debt / assets 18.5% 42.2% 26.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x -3.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 5.0x 6.3x
Liabilities / assets 70.7% 111.6% 56.9%
Equity / assets 29.3% -11.6% 43.1%
Interest coverage – – 4.0x
Current ratio 1.3x 0.9x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 2.54 2.31

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAENTAZOLKQ
Dividend yield – – 7.0%
Net buyback yield – 3.8% 3.1%
Shareholder yield – 3.8% 10.1%
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.

ConsensusAENTAZOLKQ
Forward P/E 9.7xFY2027 17.4xFY2027 6.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2027 $180.87FY2027 $2.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +96.2%FY2027 +18.6%FY2027 -16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.6% +0.7% +19.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.10BFY2027 $20.52BFY2027 $12.80BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.6%FY2027 +0.9%FY2027 -6.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.5% +6.1% +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAENTAZOLKQ
Held by institutions 0.8% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 19 – 533
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% – -1.5%
Institutions buying 10 – 263
Institutions selling 4 – 214
Buyers to sellers 2.50 – 1.23

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.

AENTAZOLKQ
AENT 1.00 -0.02 0.02
AZO -0.02 1.00 0.32
LKQ 0.02 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AENT, AZO and LKQ?

Autozone (AZO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) $245.39M, Autozone (AZO) $52.16B, Lkq (LKQ) $4.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, AENT, AZO and LKQ?

Lkq (LKQ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 19.3x, Autozone (AZO) 20.3x, Lkq (LKQ) 9.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lkq (LKQ) is cheapest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 9.7x, Autozone (AZO) 17.4x, Lkq (LKQ) 6.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Autozone (AZO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Autozone (AZO) +7.4%, Lkq (LKQ) +1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Autozone (AZO) has the highest net margin (Autozone (AZO) 12.6%, Lkq (LKQ) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Autozone (AZO) leads (Autozone (AZO) 45.7%, Lkq (LKQ) 6.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Autozone (AZO) returned the most: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -22.8%, Autozone (AZO) -17.5%, Lkq (LKQ) -45.7%. Over five years, Autozone (AZO) compounded fastest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -12.9%/yr, Autozone (AZO) +12.1%/yr, Lkq (LKQ) -21.2%/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%, Lkq (LKQ) 44.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 8. 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.