---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-005772"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T14:16:48.304460+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q4 EPS $46.46, revenue $5.7B, domestic same-store sales +1.7%

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $46.46 (+14.7% YoY); net income $864.8M (+6.8%); revenue $5.7B (+6.4%).
- Domestic same-store sales +1.7%; International +34.1% (+14.9% constant currency).
- Gross margin 52.7% (+118 bps) including $45M non-cash LIFO benefit; operating profit $1.2B (+10.8%).
- Repurchased 403k shares for $1.0B in Q4; full year repurchases $3.7B; remaining authorization $1.8B.
- Opened 96 net new stores in Q4 (53 US, 27 Mexico, 17 Brazil); total stores 7,140.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-005772
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005772/0001171843-23-005772-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005772/f8k_091823.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AUTOZONE INC reported the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023 results: revenue $17.5 billion, net income $2.5 billion, EPS $132.36.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023
  - Revenue: $17.5 billion
  - Net income: $2.5 billion
  - EPS: $132.36
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the fiscal year ended August 26, 2023, sales were $17.5 billion, an increase of 7.4% from the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005772/0001171843-23-005772-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  AUTOZONE INC reported the fiscal quarter ended August 26, 2023 results: revenue $5.7 billion, net income $864.8 million, EPS $46.46.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended August 26, 2023
  - Revenue: $5.7 billion
  - Net income: $864.8 million
  - EPS: $46.46
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) today reported net sales of $5.7 billion for its fourth quarter (16 weeks) ended August 26, 2023, an increase of 6.4% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 (16 weeks).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323005772/0001171843-23-005772-index.htm

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