2026 comparable store sales guided at 3-5%
Guidance · revenue to $18.85B
O'Reilly reported a strong finish to 2025, with comp sales of 5.6% in Q4 driven by robust growth in the professional business, while the DIY side remained stable. Management issued a confident 2026 outlook, guiding to 3-5% comps, and accelerating new store growth and capex. The key headwind discussed was elevated cost inflation in self-insurance programs (healthcare, workers' comp, auto liability), which is pressuring SG&A. Q4 2025 comp sales grew 5.6%, at the high end of expectations, with professional comps up over 10% for the second consecutive quarter; DIY comps were low single digits.
O'Reilly reported a strong finish to 2025, with comp sales of 5.6% in Q4 driven by robust growth in the professional business, while the DIY side remained stable. Management issued a confident 2026 outlook, guiding to 3-5% comps, and accelerating new store growth and capex. The key headwind discussed was elevated cost inflation in self-insurance programs (healthcare, workers' comp, auto liability), which is pressuring SG&A. Q4 2025 comp sales grew 5.6%, at the high end of expectations, with professional comps up over 10% for the second consecutive quarter; DIY comps were low single digits.
Guidance · revenue to $18.85B
Management expressed confidence in continued share gains and growth momentum, while acknowledging cost headwinds and a cautious consumer, striking a balanced but positive tone.
Reported gross margin was 51.79%, reinforcing the quarter's better-than-guided profitability.
Management guided 2026 capital expenditures to $1.3-1.4 billion, up from ~$1.2 billion in 2025, primarily to accelerate net new store openings to 225-235 (including initial greenfield stores in Canada) and to continue investing in distribution capabilities such as the new…
Professional business comp grew over 10% for second straight quarter. Management expressed confidence in continued share gains and growth momentum, while acknowledging cost headwinds and a cautious consumer, striking a balanced but positive tone.
Management guided 2026 capital expenditures to $1.3-1.4 billion, up from ~$1.2 billion in 2025, primarily to accelerate net new store openings to 225-235 (including initial greenfield stores in Canada) and to continue investing in distribution capabilities such as the new Stafford, Virginia and Fort Worth, Texas distribution centers.
Management expressed confidence in continued share gains and growth momentum, while acknowledging cost headwinds and a cautious consumer, striking a balanced but positive tone.
“After a significant ramp in these cost pressures and corresponding price changes in the third quarter, the fourth quarter leveled out, and the inflation benefit was very consistent month to month.”
“Similar to the third quarter, growth in our professional business was the stronger driver of our sales results, with an increase in comparable store sales of over 10% for the second consecutive quarter.”
“The larger impact driving our spend in the quarter was the broad-based pressures that we saw from continued heightened cost inflation in our self-insurance programs, including headwinds in team member health care costs, workers' compensati…”
| Показатель | Период | Диапазон | Середина | Статус |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capex | FY2026 | $1.3B–$1.4B | $1.35B | GUIDED |
| EPS | FY2026 | $3.10–$3.20 | $3.15 | GUIDED |
| Free cash flow | FY2026 | $1.8B–$2.1B | $1.95B | GUIDED |
| Gross margin | FY2026 | 51.5%–52% | 51.75% | GUIDED |
| Op margin | FY2026 | 19.2%–19.7% | 19.45% | GUIDED |
| Revenue | FY2026 | $18.7B–$19B | $18.85B | GUIDED |