Advance Auto Parts (AAP) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
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An aging vehicle fleet and resilient vehicle demand are supporting auto parts retailers. ORLY and AAP look positioned to benefit from the aftermarket opportunity.
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AAP's selective expansion, stronger Main Street Pro sales and margin gains support profitability, despite DIY weakness and higher costs.
Advanced Auto Parts NYSE: AAP's August price plunge looks like an opportunity to buy because the causes of the plunge are out of the company's control, while the factors in its control continue to show improvement.
Advance Auto Parts is upgraded to "Buy" after a 25% share price drop, as margin recovery is underappreciated. Despite DIY channel weakness and flat sales, AAP's gross margin expanded by 240 bps and operating margin nearly doubled to 5.6%. Free cash flow turned positive at $120 million YTD, with net leverage reduced to 2.1x and a highly secure 2.2% dividend yield.
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (AAP) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Advance Auto Parts NYSE: AAP reported second-quarter 2026 net sales of $2 billion as comparable sales declined slightly, with growth in its professional customer business offset by a larger-than-expected drop in do-it-yourself sales. The company reaffirmed its full-year sales, operating-margin and free-cash-flow outlook while raising its adjusted earnings-per-share guidance.
Although the revenue and EPS for Advance Auto Parts (AAP) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Advance Auto Parts (AAP) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.03 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.81 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.69 per share a year ago.
Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for Advance Auto Parts (AAP), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2026.