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Best Automotive Stocks To Consider - March 6th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's screener identifies Rivian (RIVN), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY) as the automotive stocks to watch, based on the highest dollar trading volume among automotive names in recent days.
  • Rivian is highlighted as an electric‑vehicle maker (R1T pickup and R1S SUV) and recently posted its biggest gain since IPO following Q4 2025 earnings.
  • Illinois Tool Works is a diversified industrial firm with a sizable Automotive OEM segment, while O'Reilly is a major automotive aftermarket parts retailer operating across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Rivian Automotive.

Rivian Automotive, Illinois Tool Works, and O'Reilly Automotive are the three Automotive stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Automotive stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the design, manufacture, sale, or servicing of motor vehicles and related components and technologies (including parts suppliers, dealerships, and electric vehicle and mobility firms). Investors buy these stocks to gain exposure to the auto industry, which is typically cyclical and sensitive to factors like consumer demand, commodity prices, interest rates, regulation, and technological change. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Automotive stocks within the last several days.

Rivian Automotive (RIVN)

Rivian Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and accessories. The company offers consumer vehicles, including a two-row, five-passenger pickup truck under the R1T brand, a three-row, seven-passenger sport utility vehicle under the R1S name.

Read Our Latest Research Report on RIVN

Illinois Tool Works (ITW)

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products.

Read Our Latest Research Report on ITW

O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY)

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The company provides new and remanufactured automotive hard parts and maintenance items, such as alternators, batteries, brake system components, belts, chassis parts, driveline parts, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control, water pumps, antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, fluids, lighting products, and oil and wiper blades; and accessories, including floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories.

Read Our Latest Research Report on ORLY

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