secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-25-006024
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AutoZone Q4 EPS $48.71, same-store sales +5.1% constant currency
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- Q4 net sales $6.2B, up 6.9% adjusted; total same-store sales +5.1% constant currency.
- Domestic same-store sales +4.8%; international +7.2% on constant currency basis.
- Gross margin 51.5%, down 98 bps on $80M non-cash LIFO charge; operating profit -7.8% to $1.2B.
- Repurchased 117K shares for $446.7M in Q4 at avg $3,821; $632.3M remaining authorization.
- Opened 141 net new stores in Q4; total store count 7,657 (6,627 US, 883 Mexico, 147 Brazil).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325006024/0001171843-25-006024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325006024/f8k_092225.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-006024

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