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O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. · ORLY · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026
O'Reilly raises guidance as comparable sales accelerate
O'Reilly's Q3 analysis supports a constructive operating picture: demand and share gains improved, guidance was raised, and expansion remains funded by cash generation. The durability of margin gains depends on pricing, tariff effects and cost control.
Reported After market closeNASDAQConsumer Cyclical
$73.16B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$0.97
Consensus $0.93
EPS surprise
+4.3%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$5.12B
Consensus $5.02B
Revenue surprise
+2.1%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-2.7%
Event window
SPY move
-0.4%
Same window
Abnormal move
-2.2%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.8×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
0.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did ORLY fall 2.7% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q3?What changed in ORLY's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for ORLY after FY2026 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, comparable-sales momentum accelerated and management added a 2027 store-opening target of 260–275 net new stores. Q3 gross margin also benefited from a one-off tariff refund, while full-year guidance was raised.
Guidance delta
Management raised full-year sales, EPS and operating-margin guidance; the analysis does not provide the revised figures.
Key takeaways
- Comparable store sales accelerated, with professional growth slightly above 10% and retail growth in the mid-single digits.
- Gross margin improved to 52.4%, including a one-off $39 million tariff-refund benefit.
- Diluted EPS increased 14% year over year, according to the transcript analysis.
- Free cash flow, store expansion and distribution investments remain central to the plan.
Management priorities
- Open 220–235 net new stores in 2026 and 260–275 in 2027.
- Invest $1.3–$1.4 billion in store builds and distribution-center automation.
- Maintain pricing discipline, improve delivery speed and continue share repurchases.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$88.07Current
$91Low
$345.73Average
$1,325High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 29, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 26, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 20, 2026 |
| DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 6, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 27, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 25, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 6, 2025 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Dec 19, 2023 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 6, 2023 |
| Roth MKM | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 12, 2023 |
| MKM Partners | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Nomura Instinet | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 20, 2020 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 20, 2020 |
| Atlantic Equities | Underweight | Neutral | Downgrade | Jan 23, 2020 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Northcoast Research | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 26, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 17, 2018 |
| MoffettNathanson | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 25, 2018 |
| Moffett Nathanson | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jun 25, 2018 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 9, 2018 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Positive | Downgrade | Jun 20, 2017 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Cleveland Research | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 3, 2017 |
| BTIG Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Gabelli & Co. | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 15, 2016 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee CRT | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 25, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 25, 2016 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 18, 2014 |
| Stifel | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 18, 2014 |
| PiperJaffray | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Jan 7, 2013 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Jan 7, 2013 |
| Bank oferica | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 26, 2012 |
| Morgan Keegan | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 10, 2012 |
| Cabrera Capital Markets | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 9, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $88.07. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernstein | Zhihan Ma | $94 | $86.51 | +6.7% | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Scott Stember | $111 | $88.48 | +26.0% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Analyst unavailable | $106 | $88.47 | +20.4% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Bobby Griffin | $110 | $88.86 | +24.9% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $87.36 | +13.5% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $86.11 | +13.5% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Michael Baker | $114 | $87.72 | +29.4% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $85.75 | +11.3% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Kate McShane | $113 | $87.28 | +28.3% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $109 | $96.83 | +23.8% | May 4, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $98.71 | +24.9% | May 1, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Greg Melich | $115 | $99.19 | +30.6% | May 1, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $98.69 | +30.6% | May 1, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $99.4 | +22.6% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Simeon Gutman | $112 | $97.58 | +27.2% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $91.69 | +24.9% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $92.96 | +22.6% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $92.3 | +21.5% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $91.94 | +9.0% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Michael Baker | $110 | $92.08 | +24.9% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Steven Shemesh | $109 | $92.3 | +23.8% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $114 | $92.08 | +29.4% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $92.86 | +19.2% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Steven Shemesh | $111 | $98.85 | +26.0% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $95.02 | +24.9% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $94.31 | +24.9% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $98.61 | +30.6% | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Bobby Griffin | $105 | $93.83 | +19.2% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Barclays | Seth Sigman | $91 | $95.68 | +3.3% | Oct 27, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Scot Ciccarelli | $109 | $98.12 | +23.8% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Steven Shemesh | $110 | $98.27 | +24.9% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $121 | $98.27 | +37.4% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Simeon Gutman | $115 | $100 | +30.6% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $112 | $101.6 | +27.2% | Oct 20, 2025 |
| UBS | Michael Lasser | $120 | $103.05 | +36.3% | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $103.05 | +30.6% | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $121 | $104.55 | +37.4% | Sep 17, 2025 |
| UBS | Michael Lasser | $1,580 | $1,352.17 | +1694.0% | Apr 24, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Scot Ciccarelli | $1,290 | $1,187.53 | +1364.7% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Zachary Fadem | $1,325 | $1,187.53 | +1404.5% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Greg Melich | $1,230 | $1,138.16 | +1296.6% | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Bret Jordan | $1,260 | $1,110.31 | +1330.7% | Jul 26, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Steven Shemesh | $1,115 | $1,117.06 | +1166.0% | Jul 26, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Scot Ciccarelli | $1,204 | $1,092.91 | +1267.1% | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Scot Ciccarelli | $1,143 | $1,016.32 | +1197.8% | Jul 2, 2024 |
| CFRA | Garrett Nelson | $1,100 | $921.64 | +1149.0% | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $815 | $801.02 | +825.4% | Feb 8, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $925 | $830.21 | +950.3% | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $855 | $851.38 | +870.8% | Nov 23, 2022 |
| D.A. Davidson | Mike Baker | $740 | $637.6 | +740.2% | Jun 29, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $650 | $618.48 | +638.0% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $806 | $623.28 | +815.2% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Zachary Fadem | $800 | $703.6 | +808.4% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Steven Zaccone | $720 | $665.67 | +717.5% | Jan 18, 2022 |
| D.A. Davidson | Michael Baker | $700 | $701.77 | +694.8% | Dec 30, 2021 |
| Oppenheimer | Brian Nagel | $800 | $672 | +808.4% | Dec 9, 2021 |
| UBS | Michael Lasser | $720 | $638.33 | +717.5% | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Kate McShane | $638 | $607.38 | +624.4% | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Lavesh Hemnani | $496 | $548.07 | +463.2% | May 18, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationO'Reilly Automotive, Inc., along with its subsidiary companies, functions as a leading retail and wholesale provider of automotive aftermarket products, specialized tools, supplies, and accessories across the United States. The company's comprehensive inventory includes both new and reconditioned vehicle hard parts and essential maintenance items. This expansive selection covers critical components such as alternators, batteries, brake system parts, belts, chassis and driveline components, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control systems, and water pumps. Additionally, they supply consumables like antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, various fluids, lighting solutions, oil, and wiper blades. Their accessory range features items like floor mats, seat covers, and specific truck enhancements. Beyond just parts, O'Reilly's outlets also stock auto body paint and related materials, a wide array of automotive tools, and specialized equipment catering to professional service providers.…
Historical context
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Latest beats and misses
Who reports nextBeat on EPS
- AEMFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026+5.7% EPS-3.9% move
- STRLFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026+22.3% EPS-0.4% move
- KGCFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026+8.7% EPS-6.1% move
- GENFY2027 Q2 · October 28, 2026+2.9% EPS+11.2% move
- KLACFY2027 Q1 · October 28, 2026+2.5% EPS+7.3% move
- SANFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 20260.0% EPS-6.3% move
Missed on EPS
- AWKFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026-2.0% EPS+1.1% move
- CPFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026-3.2% EPS-1.9% move
- LIIFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026-7.1% EPS-10.6% move
- EXRFY2026 Q3 · October 27, 2026-1.7% EPS+0.1% move
- NOWFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026-2.0% EPS-3.0% move
- CMGFY2026 Q3 · October 28, 2026-7.1% EPS+2.7% move
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-10-29T20:06:27.638226+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-10-29T01:23:20.584741+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-29T20:10:44.111504+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-29T20:10:44.109889+00:00
Methodology
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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