secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-24-005333
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184324005333/0001171843-24-005333-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184324005333/f8k_092324.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-005333

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