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Based on the calculations I made for the following companies, which ratios/numbers would I use to determine which business would be the better investment? The

Based on the calculations I made for the following companies, which ratios/numbers would I use to determine which business would be the better investment?

The companies are O'Reilly Automotive vs Autozone. The top grid box are what I calculated from the two companies income statements and balance sheets below.

OReilly Automotive

Autozone

1

Gross Profit, $

$6,085,692,000

$6,770,753,000

2

Earnings Per Share (EPS), $

$24.65

$ 74.10

3

Return on Sales, %

15.10%

0.14%

4

Return on Equity, %

12.50%

-1.97%

5

Current Ratio

0.86

1.08

6

Debt to Equity Ratio, %

81.68%

-17.43%

Dollar General

(DG)

Dollar Tree

(DLTR)

O'Reilly

Automotive

(ORLY)

AutoZone

(AZO)

Income Statement*

Total Revenue

$33,746,839,000

$25,509,300,000

$11,604,493,000

$12,631,967,000

Cost of Revenue

$23,027,977,000

$17,721,000,000

$5,518,801,000

$5,861,214,000

Net Income

$2,655,050,000

$1,341,900,000

$1,752,302,000

$1,732,972,000

Balance Sheet**

Current Assets

$6,914,219,000

$5,050,800,000

$4,499,787,000

$6,811,872,000

Total Assets

$25,862,624,000

$20,696,000,000

$11,596,642,000

$14,423,872,000

Current Liabilities

$5,710,783,000

$3,730,300,000

$5,262,417,000

$6,283,091,000

Total Liabilities

$19,201,386,000

$13,410,700,000

$11,456,384,000

$15,301,849,000

Stockholders' Equity

$6,661,238,000

$7,285,300,000

$140,258,000

-$877,977,000

Number of Shares

240,785,000

233,383,000

71,123,000

23,376,000

* Financials from Yahoo Finance, retrieved 08/2021; Income Statement: 1/31/2021 ** Balance Sheet: 1/31/21 (DG, DLTR) 8/31/20 (AZO), 12/31/2020 (ORLY).

Retailers ranked #16, #19 & #36, #42 from Top 100 Retailers 2021 List, National Retail Federation

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