---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-007428"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:26:53.595079+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q1 EPS $32.55, +18.6% YoY; net sales $4.2B, +5.1%

## Summary
- Domestic same store sales +1.2%; international same store sales +25.1% (+10.9% constant currency).
- Gross margin 52.8%, up 279 bps driven by $83M non-cash LIFO favorability.
- Operating profit $848.6M (+17.4%); net income $593.5M (+10.0%).
- Repurchased 580K shares for $1.5B at avg price $2,590; $333.1M remains under authorization.
- Opened 25 net new stores; total store count 7,165 across U.S., Mexico, and Brazil.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-007428
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-05T23:59:59+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/866787/000117184323007428/0001171843-23-007428-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323007428/f8k_120423.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-007428
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-007428.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AUTOZONE INC reported first quarter (12 weeks) ended November 18, 2023 results: revenue $4.2 billion, net income $593.5 million, EPS $32.55.
  - Period: first quarter (12 weeks) ended November 18, 2023
  - Revenue: $4.2 billion
  - Net income: $593.5 million
  - EPS: $32.55
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) today reported net sales of $4.2 billion for its first quarter (12 weeks) ended November 18, 2023, an increase of 5.1% from the first quarter of fiscal 2023 (12 weeks).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184323007428/0001171843-23-007428-index.htm

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