Growth Metrics

Autozone (AZO) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Autozone (AZO) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.55% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 17.0% to 0.55% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.55%, a 17.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.03%, down 76.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.55% for Q4 2025 at Autozone, down from 0.58% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.98% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.64% and a median of 0.65% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 153bps in 2021, then plummeted -99bps in 2023.
  • Autozone's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.66% in 2021, then soared by 47bps to 0.97% in 2022, then crashed by -102bps to 0.02% in 2023, then surged by 4594bps to 0.71% in 2024, then decreased by -24bps to 0.55% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AZO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.55% (Q4 2025), 0.58% (Q3 2025), and 0.64% (Q2 2025).