---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-003497"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:41:44.207137+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q3 EPS $34.12 (+17.5% YoY); same-store sales +1.9%

## Summary
- Net sales $4.1B, +5.8% YoY; domestic same-store sales +1.9%.
- Diluted EPS $34.12 vs $29.03, +17.5%; net income $647.7M, +9.3%.
- Gross margin 52.5% (+56 bps), with 42 bps non-cash LIFO benefit.
- Repurchased 356K shares for $908.2M; $843.6M remaining under authorization.
- Opened 22 US, 6 Mexico, 2 Brazil stores; total count 7,044.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-003497
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+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/866787/000117184323003497/0001171843-23-003497-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323003497/f8k_052223.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003497.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AUTOZONE INC reported third quarter (12 weeks) ended May 6, 2023 results: revenue $4.1 billion, net income $647.7 million, EPS $34.12.
  - Period: third quarter (12 weeks) ended May 6, 2023
  - Revenue: $4.1 billion
  - Net income: $647.7 million
  - EPS: $34.12
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 3rd Quarter Same Store Sales Increase 1.9%; EPS Increases to $34.12 MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) today reported net sales of $4.1 billion for its third quarter (12 weeks) ended May 6, 2023, an increase of 5.8% from the third quarter of fiscal 2022 (12 weeks). Domestic same store sales, or sales for stores open at
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323003497/0001171843-23-003497-index.htm

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