AutoZone (AZO) Tops Q4 EPS by 6c

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AutoZone 4th Quarter Same Store Sales Increase 4.5%; 4th Quarter EPS Increases to $12.75; Fiscal 2015 Sales $10.2 Billion; Fiscal 2015 EPS Increases to $36.03

September 22, 2015 7:00 AM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) today reported net sales of $3.3 billion for its fourth quarter (16 weeks) ended August 29, 2015, an increase of 7.9% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 (16 weeks). Domestic same store sales, or sales for stores open at least one year, increased 4.5% for the quarter.

Net income for the quarter increased 7.4% over the same period last year to $401.1 million, while diluted earnings per share increased 13.0% to $12.75 per share from $11.28 per share in the year-ago quarter.

For the quarter, gross profit, as a percentage of sales, was 52.5% (versus... More