O’Reilly Automotive, Inc’s recently made public that its SVP OF INTERNATIONAL MERZ MARK JOSEPH unloaded Company’s shares for reported $2.9 million on Jul 29 ’25. In the deal valued at $98.25 per share,29,505 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, MERZ MARK JOSEPH now holds 4,234 shares worth roughly $0.43 million.
Then, MERZ MARK JOSEPH sold 5,050 shares, generating $500,313 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $99.07, the SVP OF INTERNATIONAL now owns 2,876 shares.
Before that, MERZ MARK JOSEPH bought 29,505 shares. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares valued at $2,898,866 were divested by the Officer at a price of $98.25 per share.
Morgan Stanley upgraded its O’Reilly Automotive, Inc [ORLY] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal-weight in a research note published on January 21, 2025; the price target was increased to $1450 from $1150. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BMO Capital Markets’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid December with a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating. Mizuho started covering the stock on March 19, 2024. It rated ORLY as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of ORLY
On Monday, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc [NASDAQ:ORLY] saw its stock jump 2.27% to $101.37. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.15%. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares have risen nearly 35.00% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 28.23% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in O’Reilly Automotive, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in O’Reilly Automotive, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, growing by 0.78 million shares to a total of 14.4 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 13.62 million shares. There was a rise of 5.43%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.