AENT vs QSR vs AZO Stock Comparison

Alliance Entertainment Holding, Restaurant Brands International and Autozone 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
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Autozone leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Autozone 6, Restaurant Brands International 3, Alliance Entertainment Holding 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAENTQSRAZOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $531.05M $25.84B $50.89B AZO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.3x 20.2x 20.2x AENT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.7x 18.7x 17.4x AENT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.5% +7.4% AZO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 13.1% 12.6% QSR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.1% 45.7% AZO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.2x 2.0x AZO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 3.47% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -22.8% +9.8% -17.5% QSR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.9%/yr +5.4%/yr +12.1%/yr AZO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 24.9% 30.7% QSR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 52/100 54/100 AZO

Percentile Scorecard

AENTQSRAZO

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

AxisAENTQSRAZO
Valuation 26 #77 of 104 45 #28 of 50 29 #74 of 104
Growth – 63 #18 of 47 50 #50 of 99
Profitability – 67 #16 of 46 92 #9 of 98
Financial Health 36 #72 of 112 30 #36 of 51 18 #92 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 56 #15 of 33 80 #15 of 72
Overall – 52 54
  • AENT ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • QSR ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • AZO ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAENTQSRAZOSPY
1 month +1.2%+3.3%+9.5% -0.2%
3 months -15.6%-1.1%+0.9% +3.9%
6 months -34.1%-5.4%-11.7% +8.2%
Year to date -38.9%+8.5%-7.2% +12.9%
1 year -22.8%+9.8%-17.5% +12.3%
3 years +295.2%+12.3%+28.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +58.2%+4.0%+8.8% +23.3%
5 years -49.8%+30.2%+76.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -12.9%+5.4%+12.1% +10.9%
10 years —+70.6%+333.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+5.5%+15.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAENTQSRAZOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%24.9%30.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.8%25.7%33.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.090.040.13 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.340.39-0.57 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.0%-27.5%-35.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.4%-9.4%-20.7% -1.2%
52-week high $8.43$81.67$3,967.95 $779.14
52-week low $4.39$65.69$2,793.77 $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.

MultipleAENTQSRAZO
P/E now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 16.7x 20.2xmedian 20.6x 20.2xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 2.7xmedian 1.2x 2.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 13.0xmedian 13.3x 13.5xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -189.4xmedian 16.5x 15.8xmedian 17.3x 28.0xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.7x 4.8xmedian 3.1x -20.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 2.68median 1.07 4.16median 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 monthsAENTQSRAZO
Revenue – $9.70B $20.34B
Gross profit – $5.24B $10.64B
Operating income – $2.61B $3.72B
Net income – $1.70B $2.57B
Free cash flow – $1.63B $1.82B
EPS (diluted) – $2.77 $152.55
Cash & equivalents $814.00K $1.06B $326.12M
Total debt $73.72M $13.29B $9.13B
Shares (diluted) 51.05M 460.00M 16.87M
Enterprise value $524.40M $22.94B $49.73B

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
MetricAENTQSRAZO
P/E 19.3x 20.2x 20.2x
P/FCF -189.4x 15.8x 28.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.6x 15.7x
P/S 0.5x 2.7x 2.5x
P/B 4.6x 4.8x -20.3x
P/Tangible book 5.4x -4.7x -20.3x
EV/EBITDA – 13.0x 13.5x
EV/EBIT – 14.6x 16.0x
EV/Revenue – 3.9x 2.9x
EV/FCF – 23.3x 32.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 20.0x 18.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.68 4.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAENTQSRAZO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.5% 7.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.1% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.1% 5.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 22.3% 3.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 11.0% 2.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 41.5% 3.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 4.4% 0.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 47.2% 5.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 7.5% 4.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.9% 4.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% 3.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.5% 1.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.2% -5.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAENTQSRAZO
Gross margin – 54.0% 52.3%
EBITDA margin – 30.3% 21.7%
Operating margin – 26.9% 18.3%
Pretax margin – 21.7% 16.0%
Net margin – 13.1% 12.6%
FCF margin – 16.8% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 19.6% 16.0%
Return on equity – 31.8% –
Return on assets – 6.8% 12.1%
Return on invested capital – 12.1% 45.7%
Return on capital employed – 11.5% 33.3%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAENTQSRAZO
Debt / assets 18.5% 53.1% 42.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x 2.5x -3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.2x 2.0x
Debt / FCF – 8.1x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 70.7% 78.4% 111.6%
Equity / assets 29.3% 21.6% -11.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.8x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.5x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.64 2.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAENTQSRAZO
Dividend yield – 3.5% –
Net buyback yield – 0.5% 3.8%
Shareholder yield – 3.9% 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.

ConsensusAENTQSRAZO
Forward P/E 9.7xFY2027 18.7xFY2026 17.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2027 $3.96FY2026 $180.87FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +96.2%FY2027 +7.3%FY2026 +18.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.6% +8.1% +0.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.10BFY2027 $10.27BFY2026 $20.52BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -4.6%FY2027 +8.9%FY2026 +0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +3.5% -10.0% +6.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAENTQSRAZO
Held by institutions 0.8% 92.2% –
Institutions holding 19 575 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% +6.5% –
Institutions buying 10 319 –
Institutions selling 4 165 –
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.93 –

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.

AENTQSRAZO
AENT 1.00 0.06 -0.02
QSR 0.06 1.00 0.28
AZO -0.02 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AENT, QSR and AZO?

Autozone (AZO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) $531.05M, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) $25.84B, Autozone (AZO) $50.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, AENT, QSR and AZO?

Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 19.3x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 20.2x, Autozone (AZO) 20.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) is cheapest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 9.7x, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 18.7x, 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?

Autozone (AZO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +6.5%, Autozone (AZO) +7.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has the highest net margin (Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 13.1%, Autozone (AZO) 12.6%). On return on invested capital, Autozone (AZO) leads (Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 12.1%, Autozone (AZO) 45.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Restaurant Brands International (QSR) returned the most: Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -22.8%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +9.8%, Autozone (AZO) -17.5%. Over five years, Autozone (AZO) compounded fastest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) -12.9%/yr, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) +5.4%/yr, Autozone (AZO) +12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 3.47%. Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) and Autozone (AZO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) has been the steadiest (Alliance Entertainment Holding (AENT) 67.3%, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) 24.9%, Autozone (AZO) 30.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.