NASDAQ: ORLY

O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY) Stock Analysis & Forecast

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Retail trade sector, specialty stores industry. Market cap $70.20B.

$84.71−0.18 (−0.2%)

Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:18 pm ET.

Gekko Brief

AI summary

ORLY closes at $84.71, down 0.2%, and sits below both its 50-day average of $88.47 and 200-day average of $91.51, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 69.3, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price stands 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $94.63. Over the past year the stock is down 19%, with declines of 7.1% over one month and 2.5% over three months.

This week's news centers on O'Reilly's analyst day, where the company outlined record store expansion plans for 2026, targeting 232 new store openings along with 20-25 new locations in Mexico and 3-5 in Canada. Separately, DA Davidson reiterated its Buy rating with a $106 price target, while the broader analyst consensus is described as a Moderate Buy with an average target of $107.24. An industry outlook piece also grouped O'Reilly alongside Advance Auto Parts. Institutional filings noting new positions from Bank of America Corp DE and Nykredit A/S were also disclosed this week.

Looking ahead, the next earnings report is scheduled for 28 October 2026, 38 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS beat of $0.86 versus $0.85 estimated, yet the stock reacted with a 4.2% decline, and average absolute reactions have run 3.4%. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 3.6% gain over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst coverage stands at 19 buy and 2 hold ratings among 21 firms, with a consensus target implying 27.3% upside.

Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.

Price vs fair value

Close $84.71200-day averageGekko Fair Value $94.63

Key stats

Market cap
$70.20B
P/E ratio
26.6
Forward P/E
22.8
EPS, TTM
$3.19
Revenue, TTM
$18.57B
Profit margin
14.3%
Dividend yield
Beta
0.52
Volume
17.76M avg 5.79M
1-year return
−19.0%
Typical daily move
±2%
Typical 20-day move
±4%
50-day average
$88.47
200-day average
$91.51
Next earnings
Oct 28
Shares outstanding
809.0M
52-week range
$82.59$108.72

O'Reilly Automotive swing-trade checklist

O'Reilly Automotive scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendheadwind

    Below 50 and 200-day

    Close $84.71 is below the 50-day ($88.47) and 200-day ($91.51) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    69.3, Accumulation

    Reading 69.3 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    10.5% below

    Price is 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 38 days

    Next report Oct 28, 2026, 38 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +3.6% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.6% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

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O'Reilly Automotive stock chart and price history

O'Reilly Automotive closed at $84.71 on Sep 18, 2026, −19.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $82.59 to $108.72.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−7.1%
3 months
−2.5%
6 months
−3.6%
1 year
−19.0%
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About O'Reilly Automotive

O'Reilly Automotive sells auto parts and related supplies to everyday drivers and to shops that repair cars for a living. Its shelves cover both replacement hardware, like alternators, brakes, starters, and pumps, and everyday upkeep items such as oil, filters, fluids, wiper blades, and lighting. The stores also carry seat covers, floor mats, truck accessories, body paint, and tools built for professional mechanics.

Alongside the products, O'Reilly offers services that support the repair process itself, including battery and electrical testing, check engine code retrieval, brake drum and rotor resurfacing, hydraulic hose building, and paint mixing. It also runs a tool loan program and free installation for items like batteries and bulbs, plus recycling of used oil, filters, and batteries. This mix of goods and services reaches both do-it-yourself customers and professional repair facilities working on domestic and imported cars, vans, and trucks.

Founded in 1957 and based in Springfield, Missouri, O'Reilly runs thousands of stores across the United States along with a smaller number in Mexico. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker ORLY.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Retail trade
Industry
Specialty stores
Website
oreillyauto.com

O'Reilly Automotive GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

O'Reilly Automotive’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 69.3, in the Accumulation zone, up 2.8 points over five sessions.

010069.3Accumulation

Up 2.8 points over five sessions.

Reading for Sep 18, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying20+0.4%+1.7%+1.9%+0.2%
Accumulation (current zone)181+0.5%+0.5%+2.1%+3.9%
Neutral424+0.2%+0.5%+0.4%+1.4%
Distribution32−0.4%−0.8%+0.3%+1.0%
Selling5Too few readings yet

Average ORLY share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is O'Reilly Automotive stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

O'Reilly Automotive trades 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $94.63, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what O'Reilly Automotive shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$94.63

Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026

10.5% Undervalued

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O'Reilly Automotive insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for O'Reilly Automotive, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ORLY in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in ORLY were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

O'Reilly Automotive has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$2.00B, Jun 1, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$1.51B
As a share of market cap
2.15%
Trailing four quarters
$3.35B

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

2of the funds Gekko tracks hold ORLY.

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O'Reilly Automotive earnings: next date and track record

O'Reilly Automotive reports on Oct 28, 2026 (38 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.

2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.4%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−0.5%Oct ’24−0.3%Feb ’25−3.0%Apr ’25+2.9%Jul ’25−3.0%Oct ’25−4.4%Feb ’26+8.6%Apr ’26−4.2%Jul ’26

Last earnings call, Jul 29, 2026 AI summary

What they said
O'Reilly Auto Parts reported a strong second quarter and a positive first half of 2026, driven by a 6% comparable store sales (comp) increase in Q2 and 7% year-to-date comps, over 9% total sales growth, and a 10% increase in diluted EPS in the quarter (13% YTD). Management highlighted outperformance across both professional (Pro/DIFM) and DIY channels, with professional business the larger contributor but both segments contributing. Average ticket growth (driven largely by same-SKU inflation of ~5.5%) and professional ticket count growth were principal drivers. Gross margin was stable at 51.4% in Q2 and management maintained full-year gross margin guidance of 51.5%–52% (midpoint +16 bps vs. 2025). Full-year revenue guidance was set at $18.9B–$19.2B. Free cash flow for the first half rose to $1.5B (vs. $904M prior year), and full-year free cash flow guidance remains $1.8B–$2.1B. Effective tax rate updated to 22.5% for full year. Management emphasized disciplined capital allocation, a focus on taking profitable share, continued investment in inventory and service, and confidence in supply chain diversification. During Q&A, management was confident and direct, reiterating no planned acquisitions in response to speculation, acknowledging macro and pricing headwinds (fuel, tariffs, shipping) but characterizing them as manageable and largely incorporated into guidance, and expressing cautious optimism on DIY trends in July. Overall tone was constructive and confident, with measured caution about the back half given macro uncertainty.
Guidance
Full-year 2026 revenue: $18.9 billion to $19.2 billion. Full-year gross margin guidance: 51.5% to 52.0% (midpoint ~+16 bps vs. 2025). Full-year effective tax rate: ~22.5%. Full-year free cash flow: $1.8 billion to $2.1 billion. AP-to-inventory: finished Q2 at 124% and management expects moderation; (management indicated they expect to finish the year at an approximate target but the exact final percentage was not fully stated in the transcript).
Risks flagged
Macro uncertainty (consumer caution, fuel price volatility), potential headwinds from tariffs and shipping costs, exposure to input cost inflation, seasonal/weather sensitivity (hot-weather categories), competitive dynamics (industry consolidation and share competition), and execution risk around inventory investments and SG&A leverage.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Jul 29, 2026$0.86
est $0.85
+1.2%$4.89B
est $4.86B
+0.6%−4.2%
Apr 29, 2026$0.00
est $0.72
−100.0%$4.56B
est $4.46B
+2.3%+8.6%
Feb 4, 2026$0.71
est $0.73
−2.2%$4.41B
est $4.39B
+0.5%−4.4%
Oct 22, 2025$0.85
est $0.83
+2.0%$4.71B
est $4.69B
+0.3%−3.0%
Jul 23, 2025$0.78
est $0.78
−0.1%$4.53B
est $4.53B
−0.1%+2.9%
Apr 23, 2025$0.62
est $0.66
−5.6%$4.14B
est $4.17B
−0.8%−3.0%
Feb 5, 2025$0.63
est $0.65
−3.1%$4.10B
est $4.05B
+1.2%−0.3%
Oct 23, 2024$0.76
est $0.77
−1.3%$4.36B
est $4.40B
−0.9%−0.5%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

O'Reilly Automotive stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for O'Reilly Automotive is $107.80, +27.3% from the last close, from 21 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$107.80consensus 12-month target, +27.3% from the last close
Low $98High $120
Buy19
Hold2
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 21 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 18William BlairBuy, maintained
Sep 18J.P. MorganBuy, reiterated$108+27.5%
Sep 17D.A. DavidsonBuy, maintained$106+25.1%
Sep 17Goldman SachsBuy, reiterated$113+33.4%
Sep 17Wells FargoBuy, maintained$100+18.0%
+2.1%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+3.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

O'Reilly Automotive seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, O'Reilly Automotive averaged +3.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+6.6%2021+5.9%2022+1.8%2023+7.9%2024−2.2%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+1.1%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+0.3%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.3%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+3.6%4 of 5
Next 30 trading days+3.5%4 of 5

For scale, ORLY’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4%.

O'Reilly Automotive market cap and key statistics

O'Reilly Automotive’s market cap is $70.20B, with a P/E ratio of 26.6 and revenue of $18.57B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$70.20B
P/E ratio
26.6
Forward P/E
22.8
EPS, TTM
$3.19
Gekko Fair Value
$94.63

Trading

Volume
17.76M
Avg volume, 20 days
5.79M
52-week high
$108.72
52-week low
$82.59
Shares outstanding
809.0M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$18.57B
Profit margin
14.3%
Return on equity
58.6%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+10.3%

Risk and income

Beta
0.52
Typical daily move
±2%
Typical 20-day move
±4%

O'Reilly Automotive peers

O'Reilly Automotive’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
WMTWalmart+0.5%Accumulation10.6% below
COSTCostco Wholesale+0.3%Buying9.8% above
TGTTarget−1.0%Neutral8.8% above
CVNACarvana−1.3%Accumulation12.8% below
AZOAutoZone+1.1%Accumulation24.7% below
CPRTCopart−1.2%Accumulation5.8% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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O'Reilly Automotive stock FAQ

What is O'Reilly Automotive’s market cap?

O'Reilly Automotive’s market cap is $70.20B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $84.71, with 809.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 26.6.

What is the O'Reilly Automotive stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for O'Reilly Automotive is $107.80, +27.3% from the last close. Of the 21 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 19 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is O'Reilly Automotive stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate O'Reilly Automotive is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $84.71 is 10.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $94.63. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does O'Reilly Automotive report earnings next?

O'Reilly Automotive is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026 (38 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.92 per share on revenue of $5.00B. O'Reilly Automotive beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.4% on average across the report.

What is O'Reilly Automotive’s 52-week high and low?

O'Reilly Automotive’s 52-week high is $108.72 and its 52-week low is $82.59; it closed at $84.71 on Sep 18, 2026, −19.0% over the past year.

Is O'Reilly Automotive stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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