Autozone Inc
A retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories, AutoZone runs thousands of stores across the US, Mexico, and Brazil, selling its own Duralast parts along with tools and diagnostic help for do-it-yourself drivers and repair garages. It began as Auto Shack, a 1979 offshoot of a Memphis grocery company, and renamed itself AutoZone in 1987 after a trademark clash with Radio Shack. Its Loan-A-Tool program lets customers borrow specialty tools free for up to 90 days, so DIYers needn't buy gear they'll use once.
10-Q · Quarter ended May 9, 2026 · SEC filing ↗
Domestic commercial sales accelerated again, but the cost of that growth showed up in the margin. rose 13.1% to $4.8 billion and climbed 17.1% to $38.07, as a $36 million non-cash and the shift toward lower-margin commercial sales compressed by 0.8 points to 52.2%. The company is growing its top line faster than it has in years, but it is paying for that growth with a structurally lower margin and a rising load.
Q3 FY2026 net sales rose 8.4% to $4.8B, but gross margin fell 52 bps on a $36M unfavorable non-cash LIFO impact.
At May 9, 2026, the only material change to our instruments and positions that are sensitive to market risk since the disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 30, 2025, were the $609.4 million increase in commercial paper and repayment of our outst…
At May 9, 2026, the only material change to our instruments and positions that are sensitive to market risk since the disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 30, 2025, were the $609.4 million increase in commercial paper and repayment of our outstanding $400 million 3.125% Senior Notes due April 2026. The fair value of the Company’s debt was estimated at $9.0 billion and $8.9 billion as of May 9, 2026, and August 30, 2025, respectively, based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates available to the Company for debt of the same terms (Level 2). Such fair value is greater than the carrying value of debt by $32.7 million and $94.4 million at May 9, 2026, and August 30, 2025, respectively, and reflects their face amount, adjusted for any unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts. We had $1.4 billion and $748.6 million of variable rate debt outstanding at May 9, 2026, and at August 30, 2025, respectively. At these borrowing levels for variable rate debt, a one percentage point increase in interest rates would have an unfavorable annual impact on our pre-tax earnings and cash flows of $13.6 million in fiscal 2026. The primary interest rate exposure is based on the federal funds rate. We had outstanding fixed rate debt of $7.7 billion, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $41.5 million at May 9, 2026, and $8.1 billion, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $48.8 million at August 30, 2025. A one percentage point increase in interest rates would have reduced the fair value of our fixed rate debt by $284.0 million at May 9, 2026.
Read original filing text →As of the date of this filing, there have been no additional material legal proceedings or material developments in the legal proceedings disclosed in Part I, Item 3, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 30, 2025.
As of the date of this filing, there have been no additional material legal proceedings or material developments in the legal proceedings disclosed in Part I, Item 3, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 30, 2025.
Read original filing text →As of the date of this filing, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 30, 2025.
As of the date of this filing, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 30, 2025.
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