Advance Auto Parts - AAP Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Advance Auto Parts in the last twelve months. There are currently 13 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" AAP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AAP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Advance Auto Parts' stock. Their AAP share price forecasts range from $129.00 to $259.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $166.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.5% from the stock's current price.
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Advance Auto Parts' stock was trading at $147.03 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AAP stock has decreased by 17.3% and is now trading at $121.61.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 22nd 2023.
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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 28th. The company reported $2.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.41 by $0.47. The business had revenue of $2.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.42 billion. Advance Auto Parts had a net margin of 4.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.53%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.07 earnings per share.
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Advance Auto Parts declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Investors of record on Friday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $1.50 per share on Friday, April 28th. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 13th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) stock in their portfolio include 2ndVote Life Neutral Plus ETF (LYFE), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Alpha Intelligent - Large Cap Value ETF (AILV), SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD), AAM Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF (SMIG), VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT) and Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL).

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.18%. AAP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 72.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AAP will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Advance Auto Parts issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.20-$11.20 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $12.53. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.40 billion-$11.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.33 billion.

538 employees have rated Advance Auto Parts Chief Executive Officer Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Advance Auto Parts trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AAP."

Advance Auto Parts' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Clearbridge Investments LLC (4.25%), Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC (3.71%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.46%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.12%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.82%) and Morgan Stanley (1.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew E Page, Carla Jean Bailo, Natalie Schechtman, Robert B Cushing and Tammy M Finley.
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One share of AAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $121.61.

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) has a market capitalization of $7.21 billion and generates $11.15 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $501.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 67,000 workers across the globe.

Advance Auto Parts' mailing address is 2635 East Millbrook Road, Raleigh NC, 24012. The official website for the company is www.advanceautoparts.com. The company can be reached via phone at (540) 362-4911, via email at invrelations@advanceautoparts.com, or via fax at 540-561-1448.