GHP Investment Advisors Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY)

GHP Investment Advisors Inc. lowered its stake in O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) by 18.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 339 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 77 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in O’Reilly Automotive were worth $402,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of ORLY. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in O’Reilly Automotive by 99,957.0% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 854,487 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $984,027,000 after buying an additional 853,633 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of O’Reilly Automotive by 73.0% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,725,316 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $1,986,874,000 after acquiring an additional 728,040 shares during the period. Mizuho Securities USA LLC raised its holdings in O’Reilly Automotive by 10,626.8% during the third quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 487,212 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $5,393,000 after purchasing an additional 482,670 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in O’Reilly Automotive by 28.4% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 601,612 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $692,816,000 after purchasing an additional 133,139 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in O’Reilly Automotive by 117.9% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 77,037 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $88,716,000 after purchasing an additional 41,685 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on ORLY. Wedbush increased their target price on O’Reilly Automotive from $1,200.00 to $1,350.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. DA Davidson increased their price objective on O’Reilly Automotive from $1,450.00 to $1,525.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Morgan Stanley raised O’Reilly Automotive from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $1,150.00 to $1,450.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of O’Reilly Automotive from $1,125.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Barclays raised 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 note on Friday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $1,374.88.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Jeffery Thomas Loafman sold 620 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,240.39, for a total transaction of $769,041.80. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 5 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,201.95. This represents a 99.20 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Andrea Weiss sold 600 shares of O’Reilly Automotive stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,224.07, for a total value of $734,442.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $856,849. This trade represents a 46.15 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.18% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

O’Reilly Automotive Stock Down 1.1 %

NASDAQ ORLY opened at $1,316.75 on Friday. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $947.49 and a fifty-two week high of $1,350.27. The business has a fifty day moving average of $1,240.65 and a 200-day moving average of $1,185.54. The stock has a market cap of $76.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.94.

O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The specialty retailer reported $9.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $9.73 by $0.23. O’Reilly Automotive had a net margin of 14.52% and a negative return on equity of 155.25%. As a group, analysts anticipate that O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. will post 40.86 EPS for the current year.

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.