---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-007831"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:53:25.489673+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q1 net sales up 8.2% to $4.6B; same-store sales +4.7%; EPS drops to $31.04

## Summary
- Net sales $4.6B (+8.2% YoY); same store sales +4.7% constant currency (domestic +4.8%, international +3.7% cc).
- Diluted EPS $31.04 vs $32.52; net income $530.8M vs $564.9M.
- Gross margin 51.0%, down 203 bps driven by 212 bps non-cash LIFO impact.
- Repurchased 108k shares for $431.1M at avg price $3,999; $1.7B remaining authorization.
- Opened 53 net new stores in Q1 (39 US, 12 Mexico, 2 Brazil); total stores 7,710.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-007831
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325007831/0001171843-25-007831-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184325007831/f8k_120825.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-007831.txt

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