Company Analysis

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY)

Nasdaq: ORLY · Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores · Springfield, MO · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade7.1
◀ Past 8.1● Present 6.7▶ Future 7.1

The grade of O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.1/10
◀ Past8.125% of the headline
● Present6.745% of the headline
▶ Future7.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $18 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.4%top 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.2% a year. 83% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 83% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 10% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 105%: owes 105¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 55 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 105 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 14% of 6 in its family; net margin 14.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s standing among 6 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 14.3% ranks in the top 8%; revenue growth of 7.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$17.78Btop 25% of its family
  • net margin14.3%top 8% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.3%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 42% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Beckham, Brad W (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-05, 2.8 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 27 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (top 42%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 27 people in charge now (top 8%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 27 peopletop 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.8 yearsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 36% of 6 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $194 million against debt of $6.0 billion leaves -35.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9% of revenue (top 8%); a gross margin of 51.6% (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-35.2%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.0%top 8% of its family
  • gross margin51.6%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 6 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.3% a year over the last three filed years against 8.4% over all 10, slowing (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 6.4% (top 25%); capital spending grew 27.5% a year (top 8%) (its annual reports). O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.2 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.4%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending27.5%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 30% of 5 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.2% below the $18 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $2.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $2.3 billion (top 10%); a net margin of 14.3% against 14.7% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.2%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+10%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.5 pointstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ORLY · research, not advice