---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-005333"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:13:15.756040+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q4 EPS $51.58, sales $6.2B (+9%); FY EPS $149.55, repurchased $3.2B

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $6.2B, up 9.0% (includes extra week); adjusted sales up 2.6%; total company same store sales +1.3% constant currency.
- Diluted EPS $51.58, up 11% YoY; net income $902.2M vs $864.8M; operating profit $1.3B.
- Domestic same store sales +0.2% (16 weeks); international constant currency +9.9%; CEO cites discretionary deferrals.
- FY24 sales $18.5B (+5.9%), EPS $149.55 (+13.0%), operating profit $3.8B (+9.1%), gross margin 53.1%.
- Repurchased 244k shares in Q4 ($710.6M) and 1.1M shares in FY24 ($3.2B); opened 213 net new stores, total 7,353.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-005333
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+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/866787/000117184324005333/0001171843-24-005333-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184324005333/f8k_092324.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005333.txt

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