---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-003004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T11:49:44.794867+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q3 EPS $36.69 (+7.5% YoY); flat domestic same-store sales

## Summary
- Net sales $4.2B (+3.5% YoY); domestic same-store sales flat, international +9.3% constant currency.
- Gross margin 53.5% (+102 bps YoY) on merchandise margins and LIFO favorability.
- Diluted EPS $36.69; net income $651.7M vs $647.7M YoY.
- Repurchased 242,000 shares for $734.7M at avg $3,036; $1.4B remaining authorization.
- Opened 45 net new stores (32 US, 12 Mexico, 1 Brazil); total 7,236 stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-003004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184324003004/0001171843-24-003004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184324003004/f8k_052024.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-003004.txt

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