Lawrence P. Oreilly Sells 1,000 Shares of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) Stock

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) Director Lawrence P. Oreilly sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,303.68, for a total value of $1,303,680.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 135,377 shares in the company, valued at approximately $176,488,287.36. This represents a 0.73 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

O’Reilly Automotive Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ORLY opened at $1,346.58 on Wednesday. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. has a 12-month low of $947.49 and a 12-month high of $1,350.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $77.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.12, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.94. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $1,256.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $1,205.97.

O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The specialty retailer reported $9.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $9.73 by $0.23. O’Reilly Automotive had a negative return on equity of 166.88% and a net margin of 14.28%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. will post 43.94 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in O’Reilly Automotive by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,163,271 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $6,122,607,000 after acquiring an additional 17,325 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of O’Reilly Automotive by 73.0% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,725,316 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $1,986,874,000 after purchasing an additional 728,040 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of O’Reilly Automotive by 1.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,479,166 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $1,700,513,000 after purchasing an additional 24,135 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of O’Reilly Automotive by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,443,540 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $1,711,750,000 after purchasing an additional 11,039 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of O’Reilly Automotive by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 799,848 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $948,460,000 after purchasing an additional 46,979 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wedbush boosted their target price on O’Reilly Automotive from $1,200.00 to $1,350.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of O’Reilly Automotive from $1,110.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Guggenheim raised their target price on shares of O’Reilly Automotive from $1,400.00 to $1,475.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. StockNews.com lowered shares of O’Reilly Automotive from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of O’Reilly Automotive from $1,325.00 to $1,425.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,390.81.

O’Reilly Automotive Company Profile

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The company provides 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 products, and oil and wiper blades; and accessories, including floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories.