---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-001288"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:27:14.156304+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q2 EPS $27.63 vs $28.29; domestic same-store sales +3.4%

## Summary
- Net sales $4.3B (+8.1% YoY); total same-store sales +5.2% (+3.3% constant currency).
- Diluted EPS $27.63 vs $28.29; net income $468.9M vs $487.9M.
- Gross margin 52.5%, down 137 bps due to non-cash LIFO charge of 138 bps.
- Opened 64 net new stores; on track to open 350–360 stores for full fiscal year.
- Repurchased 85k shares for $310.8M; $1.4B remaining under buyback authorization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-001288
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326001288/0001171843-26-001288-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326001288/f8k_030226.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-001288.txt

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