SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (ORLY) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $519 million.
On a per-share basis, the Springfield, Missouri-based company said it had net income of $7.64.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6 per share.
The auto parts retailer posted revenue of $3.29 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.07 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $2.16 billion, or $31.10 per share. Revenue was reported as $13.33 billion.
O’Reilly Automotive expects full-year earnings to be $32.35 to $32.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $14.2 billion to $14.5 billion.
