AutoZone Beats Earnings Estimates but Same-Store Sales Miss. The Stock Trades Higher.

Shares of AutoZone rose on Tuesday after the auto-parts retailer surpassed Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations even as sales came in below forecasts. The company posted earnings of $56.05 a share in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Aug. 29, up from $48.71 a year ago and above Wall Street’s expectation for $54.08. Net sales grew 5.6% to $6.59 billion, missing the analyst consensus call for $6.7 billion, according to FactSet.