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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AutoZone (AZO)

AutoZone Q4 EPS rises to $56.05 from $48.71; net sales up 5.6% to $6.6 billion

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

AutoZone reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results for the 16 weeks ended August 29, 2026, with net sales of $6.6 billion, up 5.6%, and diluted earnings per share of $56.05 versus $48.71 a year earlier. Full-year net sales reached $20.3 billion, and diluted EPS rose 5.3% to $152.55, while the company repurchased $2.0 billion of stock during the year and had $1.6 billion left under its authorization.

Key points

  • Q4 diluted EPS was $56.05 versus $48.71; net income was $931.6 million versus $837.0 million.
  • Q4 total company same store sales rose 2.7% (1.5% at constant currency); domestic same store sales rose 1.6%.
  • Q4 gross margin was 53.3%, up 182 basis points, helped by a 145 basis point impact from tariff refunds.
  • The company opened 175 stores in the quarter and had $1.6 billion remaining under its share repurchase authorization at year end.

The filing

CompanyAutoZone (AZO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 22, 2026, 6:55 AM ET
Accession number0001171843-26-006159

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:42 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 22, 2026.

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