Rise in ORLY’s short interest indicates Bearish sentiment

Samantha Gray

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares valued at $238,585 were sold by MANCINI CHRISTOPHER ANDREW on Nov 26 ’25. At $101.31 per share, MANCINI CHRISTOPHER ANDREW sold 2,355 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 28 shares worth approximately $2621.64 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, HOPPER PHILIP M sold 3,500 shares, netting a total of over 354,361 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $101.25 each, the insider now holds 4,792 shares.

Before that, HOPPER PHILIP M had added 3,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $354,363, the Officer bought O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares for $101.25 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Robert W. Baird on December 04, 2025, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc [ORLY] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $115. Analysts at Raymond James upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. Earlier on August 13, 2025, Argus initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for ORLY stock.

Analyzing ORLY Stock Performance

On last trading session, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc [NASDAQ: ORLY] plunged -0.66% to $93.63. The stock’s lowest price that day was $93.19, but it reached a high of $95.16 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.05%. Over the course of the year, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares have jumped approximately 11.66%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $108.71 on 09/30/25 and a 52-week low of $78.83 on 01/02/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for O’Reilly Automotive, Inc (ORLY)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 92.83, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 92.02. In the upper region, resistance lies at 94.80. The next price resistance is at 95.96. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 33.15 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is O’Reilly Automotive, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 1.99 million shares to 13.36 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 11.38 million shares. A jump of 14.86% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.52 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.52.

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In terms of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 115 in the next 12 months, up nearly 22.02% from the previous closing price of $94.25. Analysts anticipate O’Reilly Automotive, Inc stock to reach 121 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 91. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked O’Reilly Automotive, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 21, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $1450.

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