secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-25-003448
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325003448/0001171843-25-003448-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325003448/f8k_052325.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-003448

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