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O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

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O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

ORLY·NASDAQ·Trade & Services·CIK 0000898173

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. is one of the largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories across North America. The company sells products to both do-it-yourself (DIY) customers and professional service providers, utilizing a "dual market strategy." Founded in 1957 by Charles F. O'Reilly and Charles H. "Chub" O'Reilly, Sr., the business began with a single store in Springfield, Missouri. Its common stock has traded on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "ORLY" since April 22, 1993. On June 10, 2025, the company completed a 15-for-1 forward stock split of its common stock, with all share and per share information retrospectively adjusted. All shares of common stock retained a par value of $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2025, O'Reilly operated 6,447 stores in 48 states in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 112 stores in Mexico, and 26 stores in Canada. Stores offer a wide range of products, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts and maintenance items such as alternators, batteries, brake system components, belts, chassis parts, driveline parts, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control, water pumps, antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, fluids, lighting, oil, and wiper blades. They also sell accessories like floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories. Customers can access services such as battery diagnostic testing, battery, wiper, and bulb replacement, check engine light code extraction via VeriScan technology, referrals to local repair shops, custom hydraulic hoses, drum and rotor resurfacing, electrical and module testing, and a loaner tool program.

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) is a publicly traded company in the Trade & Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 16 items for ORLY at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-11, rated 7/10. Across its 16 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for ORLY spans 8-K, 10-Q, FWP, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • O'Reilly Automotive locks in $1.6B notes deal, netting ~$1.59B to pay down commercial paper and fuel buybacks
  • O'Reilly Prices $1.6B Senior Notes Offering Across Three Tranches
  • O'Reilly Automotive Q2 2026: 6% Comp Sales Growth, $2.4B in Buybacks, EPS Up 10%
  • O'Reilly Lifts 2026 Profit Outlook on Sustained Parts Demand; Q2 Revenue Beats
  • O'Reilly Automotive Delivers Robust Q2 2026 and Lifts Full-Year Outlook

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$17.78B
Net Income
$2.54B
Diluted EPS
$2.97
Op. Cash Flow
$2.76B
Free Cash Flow
$1.59B
Gross Profit
$9.17B
Operating Income
$3.46B
Cash & Equivalents
$193.79M
Total Debt
$6.02B
Debt / Equity
-7.88×
Net Margin
14.3%
Shares Outstanding
841.91M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0000898173-26-000009

Short Interest & Short Volume

4.67 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 25,741,427 shares in ORLY as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.9% decrease from the prior period — about 4.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 32.9% of ORLY volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)25,741,427 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 2.9%
Days to cover4.67 at avg daily volume of 5,514,650
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)32.9% of 1,097,380 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume38.9%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for ORLY, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-08-10.

1 recent capital raise

$1.6B Debt Issuance Priced · Investment-Grade Credit Quality

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

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$85 +0.10% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-11 $82.59 – $108.72
Market cap
$68.68B
Volume
3.8M (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 5.8M
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:48 UTC · Market closed

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ORLY
Aug 11, 2026, 4:48 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $91.76
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$6.76 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Aug 10, 2026, 6:03 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $92.32
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$7.32 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Aug 07, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $93.23
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$8.23 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Jul 29, 2026, 5:31 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $88.00
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$3.00 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Jul 29, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $88.00
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$3.00 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Jul 29, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $90.50
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$5.50 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Jun 01, 2026, 4:43 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $86.71
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$1.71 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Jun 01, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $86.71
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$1.71 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
May 08, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $94.50
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$9.50 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Apr 29, 2026, 4:39 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $97.00
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$12.00 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Apr 29, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $95.00
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$10.00 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Mar 12, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $92.95
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$7.95 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Mar 06, 2026, 4:11 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $94.60
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$9.60 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Mar 05, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: FWP
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $93.87
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$8.87 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Feb 27, 2026, 4:04 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $93.88
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$8.88 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
ORLY
Feb 04, 2026, 4:34 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $91.95
Real-time Price: $85.00 info
Change: -$6.95 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $68.681B info
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