Growth Metrics

Autozone (AZO) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Autozone (AZO) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 2.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Nov 2025 was 0.15%, a 1.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.0%, down 14.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.11% for Q4 2025 at Autozone, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.22% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.26% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14% and a median of 0.15% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: crashed -45bps in 2023, then soared 45bps in 2024.
  • Autozone's Return on Sales stood at 0.19% in 2021, then tumbled by -30bps to 0.14% in 2022, then grew by 5bps to 0.14% in 2023, then dropped by -7bps to 0.13% in 2024, then fell by -13bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AZO's Return on Sales are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.14% (Q2 2025).