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How AUTOZONE INC makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$18.9B · 100%Cost of revenue$9.0B · 47%Gross profit$10.0B · 53%Operating income$3.6B · 19%Income before tax$3.1B · 17%Income tax$636M · 3%Net income$2.5B · 13%As of 2025-08-30 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$18.9B100%
Cost of revenue$9.0B47%
$10.0B53%
$3.6B19%
Income before tax$3.1B17%
Income tax$636M3%
$2.5B13%
Source: · event Aug 30, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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