---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-003896"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:53:54.508738+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q3 sales $3.9B (+5.9% YoY), EPS $29.03 (+9.6%), same-store sales +2.6%

## Summary
- Net sales $3.9B (+5.9% YoY); domestic same-store sales +2.6%.
- Diluted EPS $29.03, up 9.6% from $26.48; net income $592.6M (-0.6% YoY).
- Gross margin 51.91% (-54 bps); operating profit $785.7M (-2.2%).
- Repurchased 449k shares for $900M at avg $2,006/share; $2.058B remaining authorization.
- Commercial sales accelerated +26.0%; inventory +13.9% due to inflation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-003896
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322003896/0001171843-22-003896-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322003896/f8k_052322.htm

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