secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-22-003896
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322003896/0001171843-22-003896-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322003896/f8k_052322.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-003896

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