AutoZone, Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a NYSE-listed retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly earnings releases, same-store sales by domestic and international store base, margin items such as LIFO charges, operating results, and activity under the company's common stock repurchase program.
Governance filings include a definitive proxy statement and annual meeting vote results covering director elections, executive compensation, annual meeting proposals, and related board matters. Other current reports disclose leadership and board compensation changes, while the company's registered common stock and exchange listing are identified in its Exchange Act filings.
AutoZone Inc. President & CEO Philip B. Daniele exercised options covering 250 shares on September 25, 2026, at an exercise price of $587.13 per share. The exercise resulted in 250 common shares and reported direct holdings of 336 common shares and 1,677 options. Daniele also held 1,948 common shares indirectly as trustee for Family Trust #1.
AUTOZONE INC (AZO) reported solid growth for its 16-week fourth quarter ended August 29, 2026, with net sales of $6.6 billion, up 5.6% from a year ago, and total company same store sales up 2.7% (domestic 1.6%, international 10.7%). Gross margin expanded to 53.3%, up 182 basis points, helped by tariff refunds and a favorable non-cash LIFO impact. Operating profit rose 10.1% to $1.3 billion, and net income increased to $931.6 million, driving diluted EPS of $56.05 versus $48.71 last year.
For fiscal 2026, net sales were $20.3 billion, up 7.4%, with total company same store sales up 4.5%. Full-year operating profit grew 3.1% to $3.7 billion, net income rose 3.0% to $2.6 billion, and diluted EPS increased 5.3% to $152.55. Adjusted debt to EBITDAR remained at 2.5x, while adjusted after-tax ROIC declined to 35.8% from 41.3%. AutoZone was active in capital returns, repurchasing 579 thousand shares for $2.0 billion during the year and ending with $1.6 billion of remaining authorization.
Store expansion continued, with 374 new stores opened in fiscal 2026, bringing the total to 8,031 (6,863 in the U.S., 1,001 in Mexico, 167 in Brazil). Inventory increased 10.1%, largely tied to growth initiatives; inventory turns eased to 1.3x and accounts payable to inventory fell to 111.1%. Management highlighted stronger sales trends in the back half of the quarter and expressed confidence in positioning for fiscal 2027 growth.
AUTOZONE INC (symbol: AZO) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
AUTOZONE INC senior vice president Dennis W. LeRiche exercised stock options and sold the resulting shares. On 2026-08-07 he exercised 1,455 Non-Qualified Stock Options at an exercise price of $1,060.81 per share, acquiring 1,455 shares of common stock, and then sold 1,455 common shares at $3,100.00 per share. The options, granted under the company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan, are now fully exercised.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reports significant ownership of AutoZone, Inc. common stock on an amended Schedule 13G. JPMorgan beneficially owns 1,235,814 shares of AutoZone common stock, representing 7.5% of the class of Common Stock ($0.01 par value), CUSIP 053332102.
The filing states JPMorgan has sole voting power over 1,094,668 shares and shared voting power over 12,794 shares. It also has sole dispositive power over 1,234,081 shares and shared dispositive power over 1,700 shares. The securities are held through multiple JPMorgan subsidiaries, including entities such as J.P. Morgan Trust Company of Delaware, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and various asset management affiliates. The ownership is not reported as being on behalf of any other person entitled to more than 5% of the class.
AutoZone SVP, Finance Sharpley Grace Orians was granted 300.0000 Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) on 2026-07-10. The options have an exercise price of $3,072.6400 per share, are exercisable in annual one-fourth increments beginning 2027-07-10, and expire on 2036-07-10. Following the reported holdings entry, she directly owns 131.9090 shares of AutoZone common stock.
AutoZone executive Mary Denise McCullough, SVP Supply Chain, completed a bona fide gift of 1 share of AutoZone Common Stock on 2026-07-13. The gifted share carried a price of $0.0000, and she now directly holds 137.1875 shares of AutoZone Common Stock.
AutoZone Inc. senior vice president of finance Grace Orians Sharpley has filed an initial statement of beneficial ownership. She directly holds 131.9090 shares of common stock and a series of non-qualified stock options covering additional shares at exercise prices between 772.8000 and 4075.3100, with expirations from 2028 through 2035.
Footnotes explain that these options were granted under AutoZone equity incentive plans and generally become exercisable in annual one-fourth increments or are fully exercisable on the date shown.
AutoZone, Inc. completed the sale of $850,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2031, offered under a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and related prospectus supplement. The notes bear interest at 4.950% per year, payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15, beginning January 15, 2027, and mature on July 15, 2031.
The notes are senior unsecured debt obligations, ranking equally with AutoZone’s other senior unsecured liabilities and senior to any future subordinated indebtedness. They include covenants limiting liens, sale and leaseback transactions, and mergers or major asset sales, customary events of default with acceleration rights for holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount, issuer call redemption on 10–60 days’ notice at specified prices, and change-of-control triggering events that allow holders to require repurchase.