ORLY (O’Reilly Automotive, Inc) may reap gains as insiders became active recently

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.

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