AutoZone Inc. Bottom Line Retreats In Q4, Misses Estimates

(RTTNews) - AutoZone Inc. (AZO) announced a profit for fourth quarter that Dropped, from the same period last year and missed the Street estimates.

The company's bottom line came in at $836.95 million, or $48.71 per share. This compares with $902.21 million, or $51.58 per share, last year.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $50.68 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

The company's revenue for the period rose 0.6% to $6.242 billion from $6.205 billion last year.

AutoZone Inc. earnings at a glance (GAAP) :

-Earnings: $836.95 Mln. vs. $902.21 Mln. last year. -EPS: $48.71 vs. $51.58 last year. -Revenue: $6.242 Bln vs. $6.205 Bln last year.