AutoZone (AZO) insider buying and selling
Every Table I transaction reported by directors and officers of S&P 500 companies on SEC Form 4 filings (2 business days to file): each row labeled with its official transaction code, nothing filtered out beforehand.
Open-market purchases (code P) are the rare signal, in green; sales (code S) are common and often pre-scheduled (10b5-1). Table II (derivatives) is not included: its prices are exercise prices, not market values. Guide: insider buying.
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AutoZone, Inc. (AZO) insider buying and selling: 4 purchases, 10 sales
60 Form 4 Table I transactions filed with the SEC by AutoZone, Inc. insiders between 2025-09-26 and 2026-09-29 (15-month history): 4 open-market purchases and 10 sales, plus 46 transactions under other Form 4 codes, broken down one by one below. The largest open-market trade is a sale of $21.9M by Smith Richard Craig on 2026-01-23.
AutoZone insider buying and selling over the last 12 months
Between Oct 21, 2025 and Oct 20, 2026, AutoZone insiders filed 4 purchases worth $1.7M and 7 sales worth $40.0M on the open market. The net balance is on the sell side: $38.3M more sold than bought.
The biggest buyer was Hannasch Brian (Director): $992k in 2 purchases, out of 3 different buyers. The biggest seller was Smith Richard Craig (Sr. Vice President): $33.0M in 2 sales, out of 5 different sellers.
The largest trade of the period was a sale of $21.9M on Jan 23, 2026, by Smith Richard Craig (Sr. Vice President). Form 4 on sec.gov (0001225208-26-000937).
Of the 7 sales, 1 (14%, $1.1M) carries the 10b5-1 plan flag on the Form 4, meaning it was scheduled months ahead; the other 6 do not.
The last three months show 0 purchases and 1 sale, against 1 and 0 in the three before. The latest purchase is from May 29, 2026; the latest sale from Aug 7, 2026.
Against its sector (Consumer Cyclical, 54 companies with an insider page on this site), over the same dates the median is 9 sales and 0 purchases on the open market. AutoZone has more sales than 21 of the other 53, ranks 21 of 54 by net dollars sold, and 18 of the 54 have at least one purchase, AutoZone included.
The 20 most important trades
The 4 open-market purchases first, then the rest, each type from largest to smallest. The full history is in the tool above, already searched.
See all 60 AZO trades in the full history →
| Trade date | Filed | Insider | Role | Amount | Code | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | 2025-12-19 | Hannasch Brian | Director | $499k | P — Open-market purchase | SEC |
| 2026-05-29 | 2026-05-29 | Hannasch Brian | Director | $493k | P — Open-market purchase | SEC |
| 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-22 | George Michael A | Director | $493k | P — Open-market purchase | SEC |
| 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-12 | Jackson Jamere | CFO | $188k | P — Open-market purchase | SEC |
| 2026-01-23 | 2026-01-27 | Smith Richard Craig | Sr. Vice President | $21.9M | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-24 | 2025-09-26 | Murphy John Scott | Vice President, Controller | $11.9M | S — Open-market sale13 Form 4 footnotesF1 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,115.15 - $4,115.49 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. F2 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,168.19 - $4,168.20 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. F3 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,181.20 - $4,182.15 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. F4 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,228.00 - $4,228.01 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. F5 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,109.26 - $4,109.27 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. F6 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,205.00 - $4,205.01 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. F7 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,222.70 - $4,223.14 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. F8 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,220.00 - $4,220.43 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. F9 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,196.95 - $4,197.36 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. F10 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,175.19 - $4,175.20 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. F11 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,130.00 - $4,130.10 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. F12 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,105.22 - $4,106.20 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. F13 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,207.56 - $4,208.52 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. | SEC |
| 2026-01-16 | 2026-01-20 | Smith Richard Craig | Sr. Vice President | $11.2M | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2025-10-17 | 2025-10-20 | Daniele Philip B. | President & CEO | $10.2M | S — Open-market sale9 Form 4 footnotesF1 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,023.41 - $4,023.65 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. F2 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,024.67 - $4,025.50 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. F3 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,028.09 - $4,028.61 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. F4 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,025.84 - $4,026.80 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. F5 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,016.08 - $4,016.82 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. F6 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,015.00 - $4,015.72 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. F7 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,022.37 - $4,023.21 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. F8 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,020.04 - $4,021.00 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. F9 This price represents the weighted average price per Share, of Issuer, of sales that were executed at prices ranging from $4,021.37 - $4,022.00 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. | SEC |
| 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-10 | Leriche Dennis W. | Sr. Vice President | $4.5M | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2025-10-27 | 2025-10-29 | Borninkhof K. Michelle | Senior Vice President & CIO | $1.1M | S — Open-market sale (scheduled 10b5-1)Form 4 footnoteF1 The transaction reported on this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 27, 2025. | SEC |
| 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | Mrkonic George R Jr | Director | $1.1M | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2026-01-02 | 2026-01-05 | Graves Earl G Jr | Director | $824k | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 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. | SEC |
| 2026-01-02 | 2026-01-05 | Mrkonic George R Jr | Director | $324k | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-10 | 2026-04-14 | Graves Earl G Jr | Director | $174k | S — Open-market sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-28 | 2026-09-01 | Jaycox Kenneth E | SVP Commercial | $5.0M | A — Grant or awardForm 4 footnoteF1 Represents an award of 1,688 shares of restricted stock. The shares vest in full on August 28, 2031, subject to the reporting person's continued service through the vesting date. | SEC |
| 2026-01-23 | 2026-01-27 | Smith Richard Craig | Sr. Vice President | $3.5M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
| 2026-01-16 | 2026-01-20 | Smith Richard Craig | Sr. Vice President | $2.4M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
| 2025-09-24 | 2025-09-26 | Murphy John Scott | Vice President, Controller | $1.9M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
| 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-10 | Leriche Dennis W. | Sr. Vice President | $1.5M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
| 2025-10-17 | 2025-10-20 | Daniele Philip B. | President & CEO | $1.5M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
The period balance: money in, money out
Across the Form 4 filings submitted between Sep 26, 2025 and Sep 29, 2026, AutoZone, Inc. open-market activity adds up to 4 purchases worth $1.7M and 10 sales worth $63.2M. The net balance is $61.5M on the sell side.
Only codes P and S count, where an insider puts in or takes out their own money. A selling balance like AutoZone, Inc.'s is the norm in the S&P 500, where much of the pay comes as stock. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell: it is what was filed.
Every transaction, code by code
| Code | What it means | Trades | Reported amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Grant or award | 32 | $5.3M |
| S | Open-market sale | 10 | $63.2M |
| M | Option exercise | 9 | $11.9M |
| G | Gift | 5 | $0 |
| P | Open-market purchase | 4 | $1.7M |
| Total | Everything filed in the period | 60 | $82.1M |
15 of the 60 rows carry no usable amount on the Form 4: they count as trades and add $0. The code labels come from the SEC index.
Who has traded
Over the 15 months of history, 21 distinct people or entities have filed AutoZone, Inc. transactions: 3 bought on the open market and 7 sold. Counted by CIK, the fixed number the SEC gives each filer, and not by name, which each filer types their own way.
Of the 7 who sold on the open market (10 sales in all), the three biggest sellers account for $55.2M of the $63.2M: 87% of the money in three people.
| Filer | Role | Transactions | Bought (count) | Sold (count) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Richard Craig | Sr. Vice President | 5 | — | $33.0M (2) | 2026-01-27 |
| Murphy John Scott | Vice President, Controller | 5 | — | $11.9M (1) | 2026-04-02 |
| Daniele Philip B. | President & CEO | 10 | — | $10.2M (1) | 2026-09-29 |
| Leriche Dennis W. | Sr. Vice President | 4 | — | $4.5M (1) | 2026-08-10 |
| Mrkonic George R Jr | Director | 3 | — | $1.4M (2) | 2026-02-27 |
| Borninkhof K. Michelle | Senior Vice President & CIO | 5 | — | $1.1M (1) | 2026-04-02 |
| Graves Earl G Jr | Director | 3 | — | $998k (2) | 2026-04-14 |
| Hannasch Brian | Director | 3 | $992k (2) | — | 2026-05-29 |
Shown here are the 8 who moved the most money, out of 21. The rest are in the full history, one link above. The name links to all their trades, in any company. "Transactions" counts any code; the money, open market only. Role: from their latest filing.
Month by month
By the month the trade was executed, not the month it was filed; months with no trades show zero. The busiest month was Jan 2026: 0 purchases and 4 sales, worth $34.2M. 8 of the 15 months have none. 1 trade was executed before the window opens and filed late: it is in the history and in the tables above, but falls outside this calendar.
| Month | Purchases | Amount | Sales | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $11.9M |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $11.3M |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Dec 2025 | 3 | $1.2M | 0 | $0 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | $0 | 4 | $34.2M |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $174k |
| May 2026 | 1 | $493k | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4.5M |
| Sep 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 2026 | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
The last month may be partial: a Form 4 is filed up to two business days later. The table does not say whether the pattern is good or bad; it says when it happened.
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How to read this data
1 of the 10 sales in the table are flagged as scheduled (10b5-1 plan): signed months ahead and executed automatically, so they say nothing about what the insider thinks today. AutoZone's 4 open-market purchases (code P) are the rare signal: insiders are already paid in stock, so buying more means putting in their own money. The latest filing is from Sep 29, 2026, and a Form 4 arrives up to two business days after the trade.
5 of the 20 rows in the table carry footnotes from the Form 4 itself, folded into the code column and copied verbatim; a row with no footnote means the filing has none.
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What is behind these trades
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- What the efficiency hypothesis says and what it does NOT sayIf an insider's purchase is public and anyone can read it, is there any information left in it? That is the exact question that brings people here.
- Who really moves the market: the types of investorWho sits on the other side of each order, and where a company's own insiders fit among them.
- Supply, demand and price: why it rises and falls constantlyHow a piece of news ends up inside the price, and why the reaction to a filed sale is rarely the one you would expect.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4. This is a list of public facts, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.