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9. AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:AZO)

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AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:AZO) is an American automotive parts company. The shares have gained 14% year-to-date after having partially recovered their 9% post-Liberation Day drop. AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:AZO)’s stock has benefited as higher inflation and rates’ impact on car sales have contributed to consumers spending more on car parts. The firm’s fiscal third quarter same-store sales jumped by 5% Cramer has discussed the firm several times in his morning show and on Mad Money in 2025. During several of these appearances, he has been appreciative of the firm’s stock buybacks. He kept the sentiment this time around as well:

“AutoZone’s is not nearly as bad as people think, buy the stock down thirty five. They’ve got the best buyback in the history of the New York Stock Exchange.”

His previous comments about AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:AZO) discussed the firm’s operations and the buyback in detail. Here is what Cramer said:

“We have some high-profile companies reporting on Tuesday. Now we start with one of the top performers of the year, and that’s a company called AutoZone, AZO. This auto parts chain has been on fire, and it doesn’t hurt that AutoZone has one of the most aggressive buybacks I have ever seen. They’ve more than cut half of the stock… in the last decade. If the stock gets hit, please do this, you should just go buy it because management will be right there alongside you buying it after a few days. What a horse.”