Autozone Inc vs BorgWarner Inc

Autozone Inc (AZO) is fairly valued and BorgWarner Inc (BWA) is slightly undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, BWA trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +7%, against +3% for AZO.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Autozone Inc (AZO)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.5% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $2980.07; the price of $2894.73 is 3% below that value, and 81% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 53/100 on 8 of 12 signals

BorgWarner Inc (BWA)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $65.64; the price of $61.11 is 7% below that value, and 75% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 14/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricAZOBWA
VerdictFairly valuedSlightly undervalued
Price$2894.73$61.11
Intrinsic value$2980.07$65.64
Margin of safety+3%+7%
Leak Score53/100 (8/12)14/100 (3/12)
Market cap$47.3B$12.4B
Revenue growth, 5 years6.8%7.1%
Operating margin18.3%10.2%
Net margin12.7%2.9%
Return on equity7.2%
Debt to equity0.72
P/E18.9x31.0x
Forward P/E14.7x10.3x
P/B2.2x
Dividend yield1.1%

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