secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AUTOZONE INC (AZO)
CIK:        0000866787
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-26T10:55:18+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-003674
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326003674/0001171843-26-003674-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326003674/f8k_052526.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-003674

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