---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-006159"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZO"
cik: "0000866787"
company_name: "AUTOZONE INC"
filed_at: "2026-09-22T10:55:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T11:00:30.434134+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AutoZone Q4 EPS $56.05, revenue $6.6B +5.6%; full-year sales $20.3B

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $6.6B, up 5.6% YoY; same-store sales +1.5% constant currency, domestic +1.6%.
- Diluted EPS $56.05 vs $48.71 prior year; net income $931.6M vs $837.0M.
- Full-year sales $20.3B, up 7.4%; diluted EPS $152.55 vs $144.87, up 5.3%.
- Gross margin 53.3% (+182bps), with 145bps benefit from tariff refunds and 105bps LIFO impact.
- Q4 share repurchases: 223k shares for $697.5M; $1.6B remaining authorization at year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-006159
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZO
- cik: 0000866787
- company_name: AUTOZONE INC
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T10:55:14+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326006159/0001171843-26-006159-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866787/000117184326006159/f8k_092126.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006159.txt

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