MNRO vs ORLY vs AZO Stock Comparison

Monro, O Reilly Automotive and Autozone Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MNRO Monro, Inc.
$13.41 -2.4% 1M -25.6% 1Y
Market cap
$426.01M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
ORLY O Reilly Automotive Inc
$91.05 +5.7% 1M -6.4% 1Y
Market cap
$74.11B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.57B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
9 wins
AZO Autozone Inc
$3,190.99 +11.0% 1M -16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$51.78B
P/E
20.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.34B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

O Reilly Automotive leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (O Reilly Automotive 9, Autozone 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMNROORLYAZOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $426.01M $74.11B $51.78B ORLY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 28.0x 20.1x AZO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 111.7x 28.8x 17.6x AZO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.5% +7.4% ORLY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 14.3% 12.6% ORLY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 55.0% 45.7% ORLY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.6x 2.0x ORLY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -25.6% -6.4% -16.1% ORLY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -26.3%/yr +16.0%/yr +11.8%/yr ORLY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.3% 26.1% 30.7% ORLY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 56/100 53/100 ORLY

Percentile Scorecard

MNROORLYAZO

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

AxisMNROORLYAZO
Valuation – 9 #95 of 104 27 #76 of 104
Growth – 57 #43 of 99 50 #50 of 99
Profitability – 99 #2 of 99 92 #9 of 99
Financial Health 38 #71 of 113 27 #83 of 113 18 #93 of 113
Shareholder Returns 94 #5 of 73 86 #11 of 73 79 #16 of 73
Overall – 56 53
  • MNRO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • ORLY ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • AZO ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMNROORLYAZOSPY
1 month -2.4%+5.7%+11.0% -0.8%
3 months -20.8%+0.5%+3.8% +3.5%
6 months -23.4%-1.0%-10.4% +7.0%
Year to date -33.1%-0.2%-5.9% +12.2%
1 year -25.6%-6.4%-16.1% +13.0%
3 years -48.5%+47.7%+30.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -19.8%+13.9%+9.3% +23.1%
5 years -78.3%+109.8%+74.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -26.3%+16.0%+11.8% +11.0%
10 years -75.6%+392.7%+324.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year -13.2%+17.3%+15.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMNROORLYAZOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.3%26.1%30.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 70.3%26.7%33.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.920.030.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.41-0.25-0.53 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.5%-23.3%-35.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.7%-10.5%-19.6% -1.8%
52-week high $23.81$101.70$3,967.95 $779.14
52-week low $11.27$82.73$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.

MultipleMNROORLYAZO
P/E now vs peer median —median 16.7x 28.3xmedian 16.7x 20.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 4.0xmedian 0.5x 2.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 19.4xmedian 9.0x 13.7xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.5x 34.5xmedian 16.5x 28.4xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.7x -40.5xmedian 1.7x -20.6xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 3.07median 0.72 4.22median 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 monthsMNROORLYAZO
Revenue – $18.57B $20.34B
Gross profit – $9.59B $10.64B
Operating income – $3.63B $3.72B
Net income – $2.65B $2.57B
Free cash flow – $2.16B $1.82B
EPS (diluted) – $3.20 $152.55
Cash & equivalents $14.63M $262.18M $326.12M
Total debt $387.59M $25.14B $9.13B
Shares (diluted) 31.40M 828.88M 16.87M
Enterprise value $388.20M $73.20B $50.62B

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
MetricMNROORLYAZO
P/E – 28.3x 20.4x
P/FCF – 34.5x 28.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 22.6x 15.9x
P/S – 4.0x 2.5x
P/B 0.7x -40.5x -20.6x
P/Tangible book 0.7x -40.5x -20.6x
EV/EBITDA – 19.4x 13.7x
EV/EBIT – 22.3x 16.2x
EV/Revenue – 4.4x 3.0x
EV/FCF – 37.6x 33.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – 24.6x 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.07 4.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMNROORLYAZO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.5% 7.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.9% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 9.0% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.3% 5.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 10.4% 3.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 5.9% 2.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 9.4% 3.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% 0.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 13.3% 5.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 9.2% 4.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.1% 4.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -1.2% 3.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.7% 1.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -6.2% -5.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMNROORLYAZO
Gross margin – 51.6% 52.3%
EBITDA margin – 22.5% 21.7%
Operating margin – 19.6% 18.3%
Pretax margin – 18.3% 16.0%
Net margin – 14.3% 12.6%
FCF margin – 11.6% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 17.7% 16.0%
Return on equity – – –
Return on assets – 15.4% 12.1%
Return on invested capital – 55.0% 45.7%
Return on capital employed – 47.9% 33.3%
Asset turnover – 1.1x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.2% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMNROORLYAZO
Debt / assets 6.2% 40.3% 42.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x -3.8x -3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.6x 2.0x
Debt / FCF – 3.3x 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 62.3% 110.6% 111.6%
Equity / assets 37.7% -10.6% -11.6%
Interest coverage – 14.4x –
Current ratio 0.5x 0.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.64 2.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMNROORLYAZO
Dividend yield 8.4% – –
Net buyback yield – 4.4% 3.7%
Shareholder yield 8.4% 4.4% 3.7%
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.

ConsensusMNROORLYAZO
Forward P/E 111.7xFY2026 28.8xFY2026 17.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.12FY2026 $3.16FY2026 $180.87FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -71.4%FY2026 +6.4%FY2026 +18.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +275.0% +12.7% +0.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.18BFY2026 $20.13BFY2026 $20.52BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +1.9%FY2026 +13.2%FY2026 +0.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% -2.9% +6.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMNROORLYAZO
Held by institutions 100.0% 86.2% 94.5%
Institutions holding 182 1,649 1,263
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.2% +3.2% +5.5%
Institutions buying 96 713 524
Institutions selling 65 681 474
Buyers to sellers 1.48 1.05 1.11

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.

MNROORLYAZO
MNRO 1.00 0.25 0.22
ORLY 0.25 1.00 0.79
AZO 0.22 0.79 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MNRO, ORLY and AZO?

O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Monro (MNRO) $426.01M, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) $74.11B, Autozone (AZO) $51.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, MNRO, ORLY and AZO?

Autozone (AZO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 28.0x, Autozone (AZO) 20.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Autozone (AZO) is cheapest (Monro (MNRO) 111.7x, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 28.8x, Autozone (AZO) 17.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) +8.5%, Autozone (AZO) +7.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) has the highest net margin (O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 14.3%, Autozone (AZO) 12.6%). On return on invested capital, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) leads (O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 55.0%, Autozone (AZO) 45.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) returned the most: Monro (MNRO) -25.6%, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) -6.4%, Autozone (AZO) -16.1%. Over five years, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) compounded fastest (Monro (MNRO) -26.3%/yr, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) +16.0%/yr, Autozone (AZO) +11.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) has been the steadiest (Monro (MNRO) 62.3%, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) 26.1%, Autozone (AZO) 30.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MNRO, ORLY 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, O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) leads on 9. 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.