AUTOZONE INC
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $2961.96, AUTOZONE INC (AZO) is priced for -3.9% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Nearly half of what AutoZone sells is a part that already broke, which makes the biggest slice of its revenue something customers buy on availability and urgency rather than on price. • The cost side is where the pressure shows: tariff-driven inventory costs landed as a non-cash inventory-accounting charge that took 77 basis points off third-quarter gross margin, and management flagged roughly 30 million dollars more of the same in the fourth quarter [Source: Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings call, May
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1,261 institutional managers reported holding AZO in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 81% of the company; the top 10 hold 36%. 85 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 476k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (1.4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
AZO has cut its share count 25% over the past five years, spending $15.05B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $7.09B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at AZO over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $99k; 2025: 3 buys totaling $1.18M; 2026: 1 buy totaling $493k. 27 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
AZO's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-10 | -7.5% | +5.1% |
| 2023-10-25 | +2.0% | +5.6% |
| 2023-12-19 | +1.8% | +1.8% |
| 2024-03-16 | +8.7% | -6.6% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
AZO's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-14 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-07-09 (items 1.01, 9.01); 2026-06-16 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-26 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-03 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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