secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-001288
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326001288/0001171843-26-001288-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326001288/f8k_030226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-001288

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