BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Filed under: AutoZone Inc (AZO) AutoZone Inc.'s stock (NYSE: AZO ) remains a bit of an enigma, hence for now, I'm placing a Hold on the company's shares, first recommended on March 39, 2009 at a price of $163.40. Auto parts chain AutoZone's forecast revenue growth for FY2010 of 4-6% is sufficient following a 4.5% gain in FY2009, including a 5.4% increase in same store sales in Q4. The headwinds are...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , eBay (EBAY) , Adobe Systems (ADBE) , AutoZone Inc (AZO) , Clorox Co (CLX) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Monster Worldwide (MNST) , Analyst initiations , Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Northrop Grumman (NOC) Analyst upgrades: Deutsche Bank upgraded Clorox (NYSE: CLX ) to Buy from Hold on valuation and believes upside to...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Filed under: AutoZone Inc (AZO) , Stocks to Buy AutoZone (NYSE: AZO ) is a specialty retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Its stores offer the do-it-yourself car tech tremendous value on parts and accessories. The company stocks all kinds of parts and has a great sales staff. In my experience, their parts personnel have always been very knowledgeable and extremely...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) , AutoZone Inc (AZO) , MasterCard Inc'A' (MA) As many shoppers have realized in this recession, just because something is cheap doesn't mean it's a bargain. This is especially true in the stock market, where you definitely get what you pay for. There have been plenty of low-priced deals on stocks lately, as plenty of good companies...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Automatic Data Proc (ADP) , AutoZone Inc (AZO) , Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) , Carnival Corp (CCL) , ConAgra Foods (CAG) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Research in Motion (RIMM) , General Mills (GIS) , Lowe's Cos (LOW) , Lennar Corp'A' (LEN) , Red Hat Inc (RHT) , Activision Inc (ATVI) , United Technologies (UTX) , Rite Aid Corp (RAD) , Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT)...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , AutoZone Inc (AZO) , ConAgra Foods (CAG) , Research in Motion (RIMM) , KB HOME (KBH) , Economic data Much of the focus this week will no doubt be on the FOMC meeting on interest rates and the subsequent decision, as well as on the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, were the agenda will include bonuses for bank executives among other things. Things will be fairly quiet again...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , AutoNation Inc (AN) , AutoZone Inc (AZO) The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY ) issued Q2 earnings on Tuesday after the bell. The aftermarket service business for automobiles, whose related companies include AutoZone (NYSE: AZO ) and AutoNation (NYSE: AN ), said net sales fell about 2%, and earnings per share increased 50% to 15 cents. The earnings growth...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Shares of AutoZone Inc. declined Thursday after an analyst downgraded the auto parts retailer, saying the do-it-yourself car repair business is showing signs of slowing.
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Filed under: AutoZone Inc (AZO) , Stocks to Buy This was a complex call, but I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for AutoZone (NYSE: AZO ), first recommended on March 30, 2009 at a price of $163.40. AutoZone's stock has not performed as well as I had expected. Technically, AZO has straddled the 50-day moving average for two months, or as a friend and trading guru used to say, "The stock is meandering."...
YourFINDit (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
ESL Investments Decreases Holdings in AutoZone Inc. in 13D Filing
Groklaw (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Judge Kevin Gross, the judge handling the SCO bankruptcy , appears to have awakened with a start. He says IBM has informed him of issues related to the July 27th hearing on SCO's proposed sale of assets to unXis. I'll say . He has issued an order that there will be a teleconference on July 22 with him and the parties, in advance of the hearing on the 27th, and he wants the discovery IBM has asked for...
Groklaw (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Caldera had a Skunkware page for developers, last updated in 2001, which SCO never pulled down, so you can still view it. It had special instructions for OpenServer folks, such as, presumably, AutoZone back when it still was an OpenServer customer, telling them that even if they didn't have a licensed Caldera system, they were licensed to use "system libraries and headers" required by the...
The Street (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Jonathan Moreland, author of InsiderInsights, gives you the lowdown on top stock purchases and sales.
SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
Todd Sullivan submits: In a newly released SEC filing , Sears Holdings ( SHLD ) Chairman Eddie Lampert's ESL Investments and RBS Partners sold another 175k shares of AutoZone ( AZO ) and an avg. price of $157 a share. I will reprint a previous post here as to my reasoning for the sale. Complete Story »
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
(GuruFocus, Updated, July 18, 2009) Investment Guru Edward Lampert sold more shares in car dealership company Autozone ( AZO ). According to GuruFocus data, Lampert sold 13.7% of his position or 2.79 million shares of AZO stock on 07/16/2009 at the average price of $158.04. Earlier on June 24. we reported Lampert sold 56,851 shares of AZO stock on 06/23/2009 at the average price of $155.06, and he...
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