TTM
5.9%
YoY change
−0.99pp
Trough year (1996)
-4.5%
Peak year (2021)
19.8%
Latest annual
9.5%
FCF Margin history chart for AutoZone (AZO) from 1990 to 2025
Latest: 9.5%
FCF Margin change chart for AutoZone (AZO) from 1990 to 2025
Latest: −0.99pp
FCF Margin history table for AutoZone (AZO) from 1990 to 2025
| 2025 | 9.5% | -0.99pp | ||
| 2024 | 10.4% | -1.84pp | ||
| 2023 | 12.3% | -3.34pp | ||
| 2022 | 15.6% | -4.18pp | ||
| 2021 | 19.8% | +1.89pp | ||
| 2020 | 17.9% | +4.15pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.8% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.9% | +4.55pp | ||
| 2017 | 9.3% | -0.90pp | ||
| 2016 | 10.2% | -0.02pp | ||
| 2015 | 10.3% | +0.84pp | ||
| 2014 | 9.4% | -1.52pp | ||
| 2013 | 10.9% | +1.11pp | ||
| 2012 | 9.8% | -4.67pp | ||
| 2011 | 14.5% | +2.54pp | ||
| 2010 | 12.0% | +2.41pp | ||
| 2009 | 9.6% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2008 | 10.4% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.1% | +0.66pp | ||
| 2006 | 9.4% | +3.02pp | ||
| 2005 | 6.4% | -1.66pp | ||
| 2004 | 8.0% | -1.41pp | ||
| 2003 | 9.5% | -2.22pp | ||
| 2002 | 11.7% | +5.67pp | ||
| 2001 | 6.0% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2000 | 5.9% | +8.81pp | ||
| 1999 | -2.9% | -0.78pp | ||
| 1998 | -2.2% | +2.30pp | ||
| 1997 | -4.5% | +0.05pp | ||
| 1996 | -4.5% | -0.19pp | ||
| 1995 | -4.3% | -1.35pp | ||
| 1994 | -3.0% | -2.67pp | ||
| 1993 | -0.3% | -4.14pp | ||
| 1992 | 3.8% | +4.50pp | ||
| 1991 | -0.7% | -3.34pp | ||
| 1990 | 2.7% | — |
- 20259.5%-0.99pp
- 202410.4%-1.84pp
- 202312.3%-3.34pp
- 202215.6%-4.18pp
- 202119.8%+1.89pp
- 202017.9%+4.15pp
- 201913.8%-0.12pp
- 201813.9%+4.55pp
- 20179.3%-0.90pp
- 201610.2%-0.02pp
- 201510.3%+0.84pp
- 20149.4%-1.52pp
- 201310.9%+1.11pp
- 20129.8%-4.67pp
- 201114.5%+2.54pp
- 201012.0%+2.41pp
- 20099.6%-0.83pp
- 200810.4%+0.33pp
- 200710.1%+0.66pp
- 20069.4%+3.02pp
- 20056.4%-1.66pp
- 20048.0%-1.41pp
- 20039.5%-2.22pp
- 200211.7%+5.67pp
- 20016.0%+0.14pp
- 20005.9%+8.81pp
- 1999-2.9%-0.78pp
- 1998-2.2%+2.30pp
- 1997-4.5%+0.05pp
- 1996-4.5%-0.19pp
- 1995-4.3%-1.35pp
- 1994-3.0%-2.67pp
- 1993-0.3%-4.14pp
- 19923.8%+4.50pp
- 1991-0.7%-3.34pp
- 19902.7%—
FCF Margin values are taken from AutoZone's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at AutoZone (AZO)
According to AutoZone's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 5.9%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of AutoZone (AZO) free cash flow margin is 9.45% – contracted 1.0 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual free cash flow margin of 19.80% was reported in 2021. The lowest in the available history was -4.51% in 1996.
AutoZone FCF Margin by Year
AutoZone FCF Margin 2025: 9.5%
AutoZone posted free cash flow margin of 9.45% in 2025, contracted 1.0 percentage points from 2024.
AutoZone FCF Margin 2024: 10.4%
In 2024, AutoZone reported free cash flow margin of 10.45%, contracted 1.8 percentage points from 2023.
AutoZone FCF Margin 2023: 12.3%
AutoZone free cash flow margin in 2023 was 12.28%, contracted 3.3 percentage points from 2022.
AutoZone FCF Margin 2022: 15.6%
2022's free cash flow margin for AutoZone came in at 15.62%, contracted 4.2 percentage points from 2021.
AutoZone FCF Margin 2021: 19.8%
AutoZone free cash flow margin in 2021 was 19.80%.
See more financial history for AutoZone (AZO).
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