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ORLY·O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

$85.19
-2.03 (-2.33%)
After Hours
High
$87.01
Open
$86.92
Market Cap
70.11B
52W High
$108.72
Low
$84.99
P. Close
$85.19
P/E
26.45
52W Low
$82.59
Fwd P/E
23.89
DailyIQ Est.
$110.87
Inst. Ownership
40.4%
Short Interest
3.23%
Days to Cover
5.6
Technical Score (1D)
41
SELL
News Sentiment
58
BULLISH
O'Reilly Automotive’s latest earnings highlight a continued surge in aftermarket demand driven by an aging U.S. vehicle fleet and a shift toward professional repair shops, which has lifted sales and margins for the quarter. The company’s exposure to this robust repair environment is a key driver of its revenue growth, as more owners turn to licensed shops for maintenance and parts. However, O'Reilly is investing heavily in technology and digital platforms to capture online sales and improve customer experience, a move that increases capital intensity and could compress operating margins if not managed carefully. Management’s emphasis on disciplined capital allocation aims to balance these growth investments against the need to preserve cash flow and protect profitability. For the next 1–10 trading days, the market will be watching how effectively O'Reilly can deploy its capital without eroding the gains from the aftermarket boom. Analysts will also monitor the company’s quarterly guidance for any adjustments to its technology spend or margin targets. Any sign that capital expenditures are exceeding the returns from the aftermarket could signal a slowdown in earnings momentum. Finally, investors should keep an eye on broader economic indicators that could affect consumer spending on vehicle maintenance, as a downturn could dampen the aftermarket demand that underpins O'Reilly’s growth.
Earnings Summary
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. is a leading retailer and distributor of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, and accessories across the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada, serving both professional service providers and do‑it‑yourself customers with a broad product mix that includes engine parts, brake systems, and maintenance items. The company operates in the consumer cyclical auto parts sector, where demand is closely tied to vehicle repair activity and discretionary spending. In the most recent two quarters, Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, revenue grew 1.3% year‑over‑year to $4.41 billion and $4.56 billion respectively, while EPS moved from $0.71 to $0.72, a modest 1.4% increase; both results were slightly below analyst expectations, with Q4 falling short of the $0.7396 estimate and Q1 exceeding the $0.7082 forecast. The company has consistently delivered revenue growth, with Q2 2025 revenue at $4.53 billion and Q3 2025 at $4.71 billion, and EPS that beat estimates in three of the last four quarters, though the most recent quarter saw a miss on the EPS estimate. Historically, O'Reilly has shown a steady YoY revenue expansion of roughly 4–5% per quarter, with EPS growth lagging behind due to margin pressure; the firm has frequently outperformed earnings estimates in the service‑heavy quarters but has missed in periods of higher input costs. Recent news highlights a $1.60 billion senior unsecured note issuance that adds a low‑cost debt layer but introduces interest expense drag, a $18.8 million telemarketing settlement that could impact cash flow, and a 10% jump in professional sales in Q2 2026 that supports full‑year guidance. Investors should watch the next earnings release for confirmation of margin trends, the impact of the new debt on interest coverage, and any updates on the telemarketing settlement’s cash‑flow implications, as these factors will shape the sustainability of the valuation premium and earnings momentum.

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.68$0.75$0.82$0.89$0.96Q2'25Q3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$0.92 - -
Q2'26$0.88$0.86-2.3%
Q1'26$0.71$0.72+1.7%
Q4'25$0.74$0.71-4.0%
Q3'25$0.83$0.85+2.4%
Q2'25$0.78$0.78-0.3%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$4.3B$4.5B$4.7B$4.9B$5.1BQ2'25Q3'25Q4'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q3'26$5.0B - -
Q2'26$5.0B$4.9B-1.3%
Q1'26$4.5B$4.6B+0.3%
Q4'25$4.5B$4.4B-1.4%
Q3'25 - $4.7B -
Q2'25 - $4.5B -

Market Data

ORLY Stock Snapshot

HOLD41/100
$85.35+$0.16 (0.2%)
Market cap
70.11B
P/E ratio
26.4
Day range
$84.99 – $87.01
News sentiment
58/100 · Neutral
Analyst target
$107.80 (+26.3%)
Consensus
Buy · 38 analysts
52-week range+3.3% off low · -21.5% from high
$82.59$108.72
Price $85.35 DailyIQ Est. $110.87

The technical read on ORLY is balanced, which usually means the market is waiting on a catalyst. Sector peers are worth watching - large caps in Consumer Cyclical tend to move together on rotation.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into ORLY?

RICH

At today's price, O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 21.9% a year for the next 10 years to justify its valuation at a 7.13% cost of capital. Over its actual history it has compounded free cash flow at 11.3% a year, so the market is asking for 10.6 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis ORLY looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
21.9%
Historical FCF CAGR
11.3%
Growth gap
+10.6 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
7.13%
Beta
0.50

Behaviour On Record

What ORLY's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
18.6% 37th pct
Below its peak
-20.6%
vs 200-day average
-6.7%
Up days (1y)
50%

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. is currently running 18.6% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against ORLY's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 37th percentile on the quiet side for this stock, against a typical reading of 20.7%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.

ORLY is trading -20.6% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -14.8%, and the deepest was -40.9% in 2020. The current drawdown is already deeper than this stock's typical annual low point, which puts it in the part of its range where past recoveries began — and where past declines also continued.

Price sits -6.7% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 8th percentile a narrower gap than it typically runs. Over the past year ORLY closed higher on 50% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.

On September specifically: over 14 years of records, ORLY finished the month higher 8 of 14 times, with a median return of +0.8% and an average of +1.3%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +4.5% on average, its weakest May at -0.4%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.

Overnight risk is measurable too: ORLY has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 73 of 3,268 sessions (2.2% of the time), with the largest gaps running +8.0% and -5.8%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, ORLY moved an average of 1.9% in the session after earnings, closing higher 2 of those 3 times, with a median move of +0.9% and a largest of +4.6%.

All figures computed from 3,269 daily closes between 2013-09-16 and 2026-09-15, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against ORLY's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of ORLY's sector?

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. sits in the Consumer Discretionary sector, currently ranked 9th of 11 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (lagging). Within its narrower Retail industry group, ORLY ranks 9th of 15 tracked industries, lagging.

Sector rank
#9 of 11
Sector state
Lagging
Sector rotation score
20
Industry rank
#9 of 15

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for ORLY?

CallsPuts

For O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-09-18, 3 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.62), with at-the-money implied volatility around 57.9%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±4.8% move by that expiry — a range of about $86.71–$95.53.

Put/call ratio (2026-09-18)
0.62
ATM implied volatility
57.9%
Total open interest
24,463
Expected move by 2026-09-18
±4.8% ($86.71–$95.53)

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on ORLY?

Citigroup most recently reiterated its rating on O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. to Buy on Aug 3, 2026 with a price target of $106 (from $104). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
CitigroupBuy
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Aug 3, 2026CitigroupMaintainedBuy$104 → $106
Jul 31, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$117 → $110
Jul 30, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$112 → $108
Jul 22, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$114
Jul 7, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$114
May 8, 2026MizuhoMaintainedOutperform$105 → $110
May 1, 2026UBSMaintainedBuy$114 → $120
May 1, 2026DA DavidsonMaintainedBuy$110 → $114
May 1, 2026CitigroupMaintainedBuy$110 → $115
May 1, 2026TD CowenMaintainedBuy$115 → $117
May 1, 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainedOutperform$110 → $115
Apr 30, 2026Wells FargoMaintainedOverweight$105 → $110

ORLY Competitive Positioning

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY) is tracked alongside these names in Auto Parts on DailyIQ — ranked by market cap, with today's move alongside.