OReilly Automotive News

Despite reporting a strong quarter yesterday, a weak outlook from Advance Auto Parts was enough to send shares skidding by over 15% as investors furiously dumped shares on heavy volume.

The largest U.S. auto parts retail chain AutoZone Inc's quarterly profit beat market expectations on better margins, but sales growth slowed.

Springfield-based O’Reilly Automotive Inc. sank the most in more than three years after smaller Advance Auto Parts Inc.

In trading on Thursday, auto dealerships shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.6%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Advance Auto Parts , down about 15% and shares of Oreilly Automotive off about 5.6% on the day.

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Recently Dick's Sporting Goods, Pet Smart, and Bell Tire have all begun the process of creating new stores in the Mount Pleasant area.

Shares of O'Reilly Automotive traded down 0.49% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $105.46. O'Reilly Automotive has a one year low of $56.25 and a one year high of $106.82. The company has a market cap of $13.427 billion and a P/E ratio of 28.57. The company last announced its quarterly results on Wednesday, April 25th.

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