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 $60,877 were sold by SASTRE MARIA on Aug 13 ’25. At $102.31 per share, SASTRE MARIA sold 595 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 15,935 shares worth approximately $1.67 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WILBANKS CARL DAVID sold 88,485 shares, netting a total of over 9,073,040 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $102.54 each, the insider now holds 10,305 shares.
Before that, WILBANKS CARL DAVID had added 88,485 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $9,073,038, the Officer bought O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares for $102.54 each.
Analysts at Argus started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of January 21, 2025, Morgan Stanley has increased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for ORLY. Earlier on December 13, 2024, BMO Capital Markets initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for ORLY stock.
Analyzing ORLY Stock Performance
On last trading session, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc [NASDAQ: ORLY] rose 1.07% to $104.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $103.39, but it reached a high of $105.11 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.86%. Over the course of the year, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc shares have jumped approximately 40.08%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $108.42 on 09/12/25 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 103.61, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 102.63. In the upper region, resistance lies at 105.34. The next price resistance is at 106.09. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.68 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 2025-08-29 jumping by 2.99 million shares to 14.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 11.6 million shares. A jump of 20.5% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.29 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.29.
Which companies own the most shares of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc (ORLY)?
In terms of O’Reilly Automotive, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 850.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 721.98% from the previous closing price of $103.47. Analysts anticipate O’Reilly Automotive, Inc stock to reach 1580 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 121. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked O’Reilly Automotive, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 16, 2024, ROTH MKM assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $1337.
