---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-001473"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:19:28.625527+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q2 same store sales up 13.8% YoY; EPS jumps 49.4% to $22.30

## Summary
- Net sales $3.4B (+15.8%); domestic same store sales +13.8%.
- Diluted EPS $22.30 vs $14.93 (+49.4%); net income $471.8M (+36.4%).
- Commercial sales +32.1%; retail sales +10% vs tough comp.
- Repurchased 783k shares for $1.6B; $958M remaining under authorization.
- Opened 26 US stores, 3 Mexico, 2 Brazil; total 6,815 stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-001473
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001473/0001171843-22-001473-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322001473/f8k_022822.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-001473.txt

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