---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-006133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:57:31.536904+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q4 same-store sales +6.2%, EPS $40.51; FY sales $16.3B

## Summary
- Net sales $5.3B (+8.9% YoY); domestic same-store sales +6.2%.
- Diluted EPS $40.51 (+13.4%); net income $810M (+3.1%).
- FY2022 sales $16.3B (+11.1%); EPS $117.19 (+23.1%).
- Repurchased 474K shares for $1B in Q4; $1.058B remaining under authorization.
- Doug Brooks not standing for re-election to board at Dec 2022 annual meeting; no disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-006133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322006133/0001171843-22-006133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322006133/f8k_091622.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006133
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006133.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas H. Brooks departed as Director at AUTOZONE INC.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 15, 2022, Douglas H. Brooks communicated to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company his decision not to stand for reelection to the Board at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184322006133/0001171843-22-006133-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.