---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-003674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-26T10:55:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T11:01:14.670858+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q3 net sales +8.4% to $4.8B, EPS $38.07 vs $35.36; domestic same-store sales +4.1%

## Summary
- Net sales $4.8B (+8.4% YoY); operating profit $923.8M (+6.6%); net income $641.5M, diluted EPS $38.07 vs $35.36.
- Domestic same store sales up 4.1%; total company same store sales up 5.5% (constant currency 3.9%).
- Gross margin 52.2%, down 57 bps; operating expenses improved to 33.1% of sales from 33.3%.
- Repurchased 164k shares for $586.3M at avg $3,582; $0.8B remaining under authorization.
- Opened 82 new stores (57 US, 20 Mexico, 5 Brazil); total stores 7,856; on track for 355-365 FY stores.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-003674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-26T10:55:18+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326003674/0001171843-26-003674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326003674/f8k_052526.htm

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