Autozone Posts Jump in Earnings
The company's sales quarterly grew to $1.29 billion from $1.22 billion.
Autozone
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reported a spike in quarterly earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell.
The retailer of auto parts posted a net income of $126 million in its third quarter, compared with $102.3 million last year. Its earnings per share increased to $1.30 from 96 cents.
Sales grew to $1.29 billion from $1.22 billion in the year-earlier period. Same-store sales, or sales of domestic companies that have been open for more than a year, increased 2.8%.
"Not only have we continued to add valued local commercial customers, we have added valued chain accounts," said Steve Odland, Autozone's chairman, president and chief executive, in a statement.
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