O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. reported third-quarter sales up 9% to $5.12 billion and net income up 8% to $786 million, with domestic comparable store sales rising 7.2%.
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O'Reilly raised full-year comparable sales guidance to 5.5% to 6.5%, EPS guidance to $3.25 to $3.35, gross margin guidance to 51.6% to 52.1%, operating profit guidance to 19.5 to 20 percent, and free cash flow guidance to $1.9 to $2.2 billion; third-quarter comparable sales increased 7.2%.
O’Reilly Automotive reported record third quarter 2026 results: sales rose 9% to $5.12 billion, diluted earnings per share increased 14% to $0.97, and comparable store sales grew 7.2%. Full-year comparable sales, gross margin, and operating profit guidance were raised.
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. will release third quarter 2026 results after 3:30 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, followed by a conference call on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time.
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Q3 FY26 earnings call · Oct 29, 2026TL;DR. O’Reilly delivered strong third-quarter growth, with comparable store sales up 7.2%, diluted EPS up 14%, and gross margin up 54 basis points, while raising full-year comparable-sales, gross-margin, operating-margin, EPS and free-cash-flow guidance and accelerating store growth and buybacks. Risks include a one-time tariff-refund benefit, petroleum-category margin pressure, elevated SG&A, higher leverage, moderating inflation benefits and pressure on DIY transaction counts.
- + Third-quarter comparable store sales increased 7.2% and sales increased $416 million, or 9%, to $5.12 billion. new
- + Third-quarter gross margin reached 52.4%, up 54 basis points from last year. new
- + Third-quarter diluted EPS increased 14% to $0.97. new
- + Full-year free-cash-flow guidance increased to $1.9 billion to $2.2 billion. new
- − Petroleum-based product mix and pricing-rate dynamics created approximately 40 basis points of gross-margin pressure. new
- − Low-single-digit pressure on DIY transaction counts indicates some consumer weakness, although higher average tickets offset it. new
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the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Comparable store sales | 6% | the three months ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
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Versus peers
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ORLY
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$73.94B | +1.1% | +6.4% | 28.2 | 2.9% |
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$52.46B | -3.9% | +7.4% | 21.4 | 3.3% |
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$28.52B | — | — | — | 0.0% |
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$20.13B | +18.4% | — | — | 0.7% |
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$18.27B | — | — | — | 0.0% |
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| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
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| ORLY | +2.6% | +3.3% | +2.6% | +4.6% | +1.1% |
| SPY | +2.6% | -1.2% | +0.5% | -0.2% | +10.6% |
| vs SPY | 0.0% | +4.4% | +2.1% | +4.8% | -9.6% |
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