Insider trade

Director sold ~$824K of AZO shares in the open market

Traded Jan 2, 2026 · Filed Jan 5, 2026

AutoZoneAZO

~$824K
Reported value · 250 sh @ $3,295.00: 4,886.69
Holds after · shares reported: -14.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $3,303.82 → $2,819.03 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of AutoZone sold $824K of AutoZone shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 2, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 5, 2026

Director$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$823,750

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

24 days after results of Dec 9, 2025, 60 days before results of Mar 3, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $3,303.82 on Jan 2, 2026, within 4% of its 52-week low, after a 14% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $3,193.96 (Jan 16, 2025) to $4,354.54 (Sep 11, 2025), 9% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $3,827.89 on Nov 18, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+8.0%	+0.3%	+7.8%
30 days	+11.1%	-2.0%	+13.2%
90 days	+6.0%	-4.8%	+10.7%
180 days	-8.8%	+8.6%	-17.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-000243
Filed / recorded: Jan 5, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AUTOZONE INC
Issuer CIK: 866787
Ticker: AZO
Reporting person: Earl G Jr Graves
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 250
Price per share: $3,295.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 4,886.69
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $3294.68 - $3294.1 per Share. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide, upon request by the SEC staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of Shares sold at each price.