---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-003448"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T12:21:03.984713+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q3 sales up 5.4% to $4.5B; EPS $35.36, down 3.6% YoY

## Summary
- Net sales $4.5B (+5.4% YoY); domestic same store sales +5.0%, international constant currency +8.1%.
- Diluted EPS $35.36, down 3.6%; net income $608.4M, down 6.6%.
- Gross margin 52.7%, down 77 bps from higher shrink, commercial mix, and LIFO impact.
- Operating expenses deleveraged to 33.3% of sales from 32.2%, driven by self-insurance and growth investments.
- Repurchased 70k shares for $250.3M at avg $3,571; opened 84 net new stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-003448
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/866787/000117184325003448/0001171843-25-003448-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325003448/f8k_052325.htm

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