SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (ORLY) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $558.7 million.
The Springfield, Missouri-based company said it had profit of $8.07 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.99 per share.
The auto parts retailer posted revenue of $3.48 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.22 billion.
O’Reilly Automotive expects full-year earnings to be $29.25 to $29.45 per share, with revenue in the range of $12.9 billion to $13.2 billion.
