Advance Auto Parts (AAP) Competitors $61.10 -1.10 (-1.77%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$60.98 -0.12 (-0.19%) As of 06:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock AAP vs. ORLY, AZO, KMX, PAG, LAD, AN, GPI, ABG, SAH, and MNROShould you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Lithia Motors (LAD), AutoNation (AN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Sonic Automotive (SAH), and Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO). These companies are all part of the "automotive retail" industry. Advance Auto Parts vs. Its Competitors O'Reilly Automotive AutoZone CarMax Penske Automotive Group Lithia Motors AutoNation Group 1 Automotive Asbury Automotive Group Sonic Automotive Monro Muffler Brake Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) and O'Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends. Is AAP or ORLY more profitable? O'Reilly Automotive has a net margin of 14.15% compared to Advance Auto Parts' net margin of -4.37%. Advance Auto Parts' return on equity of -1.97% beat O'Reilly Automotive's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Advance Auto Parts-4.37% -1.97% -0.41% O'Reilly Automotive 14.15%-181.53%16.18% Do analysts rate AAP or ORLY? Advance Auto Parts presently has a consensus target price of $52.03, suggesting a potential downside of 14.84%. O'Reilly Automotive has a consensus target price of $104.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.88%. Given O'Reilly Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe O'Reilly Automotive is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Advance Auto Parts 2 Sell rating(s) 18 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.95O'Reilly Automotive 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 15 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has higher earnings & valuation, AAP or ORLY? O'Reilly Automotive has higher revenue and earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Advance Auto Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than O'Reilly Automotive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAdvance Auto Parts$9.09B0.40-$335.79M-$6.37-9.59O'Reilly Automotive$16.71B5.46$2.39B$2.8038.39 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AAP or ORLY? 88.7% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of O'Reilly Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, AAP or ORLY? Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, O'Reilly Automotive has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to AAP or ORLY? In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts had 4 more articles in the media than O'Reilly Automotive. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Advance Auto Parts and 17 mentions for O'Reilly Automotive. O'Reilly Automotive's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Advance Auto Parts' score of 0.83 indicating that O'Reilly Automotive is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Advance Auto Parts 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive O'Reilly Automotive 13 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryO'Reilly Automotive beats Advance Auto Parts on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Advance Auto Parts News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AAP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AAP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAdvance Auto PartsRET/WHL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.73B$29.36B$27.95B$21.71BDividend Yield1.61%2.25%173.88%3.47%P/E Ratio-9.5921.2320.6229.69Price / Sales0.402.208.5652.06Price / Cash13.5417.0866.6725.00Price / Book1.688.144.814.58Net Income-$335.79M$754.61M$872.26M$1.00B7 Day Performance1.20%0.95%1.17%0.66%1 Month Performance3.28%5.82%5.55%4.64%1 Year Performance54.76%22.08%21.67%15.96% Advance Auto Parts Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AAPAdvance Auto Parts2.8192 of 5 stars$61.10-1.8%$52.03-14.8%+60.2%$3.73B$9.09B-9.5962,800Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionORLYO'Reilly Automotive3.7347 of 5 stars$103.08-0.6%$104.40+1.3%+45.4%$87.43B$16.71B36.8393,047Positive NewsAZOAutoZone4.0452 of 5 stars$4,171.50-0.6%$4,101.29-1.7%+39.4%$69.98B$18.49B28.23126,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastKMXCarMax4.6415 of 5 stars$59.67-2.7%$81.50+36.6%-18.5%$8.95B$26.35B16.4830,048Positive NewsPAGPenske Automotive Group3.9944 of 5 stars$184.03-0.2%$181.00-1.6%+24.9%$12.15B$30.46B12.8128,900Positive NewsLADLithia Motors4.6517 of 5 stars$331.65-1.5%$379.00+14.3%+31.1%$8.50B$36.24B9.8330,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastANAutoNation3.2374 of 5 stars$219.60+0.2%$223.25+1.7%+43.2%$8.28B$26.77B13.7625,100News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastGPIGroup 1 Automotive3.9049 of 5 stars$465.64+0.3%$479.43+3.0%+43.5%$6.03B$19.93B12.8420,413Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastABGAsbury Automotive Group3.0091 of 5 stars$252.62+0.4%$254.00+0.5%+18.0%$4.97B$17.19B9.2315,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastSAHSonic Automotive4.1936 of 5 stars$81.67-0.6%$79.86-2.2%+55.1%$2.79B$14.22B18.1510,800Positive NewsMNROMonro Muffler Brake1.9366 of 5 stars$16.35-1.4%$17.33+6.0%-27.9%$490.32M$1.20B-24.417,360Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ORLY Alternatives AZO Alternatives KMX Alternatives PAG Alternatives LAD Alternatives AN Alternatives GPI Alternatives ABG Alternatives SAH Alternatives MNRO Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:AAP) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersForget NVDA. 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