AutoZone stock on pace for worst trading day since March 2020, despite retailer beating Wall Street estimates - CNBC
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AutoZone dropped ~9% — its worst single-day performance since March 2020 — after Q3 earnings beat estimates on the top line but exposed margin compression and ROIC erosion, with management blaming cool weather for slowing sales growth. The selloff punishes a high-multiple auto-parts retailer that has been running on buyback-driven EPS momentum, and the ROIC narrative is the real danger: AZO's entire bull case is capital-return efficiency.
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↓ SHORT-7% target+3% stop2-4 weeks
Fade the dead-cat bounce in AZO — margin compression and ROIC erosion break the core bull thesis; target a retest of $2,900 with a tight stop above today's open.