For the quarter ended December 2025, Advance Auto Parts (AAP) reported revenue of $1.97 billion, down 1.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.86, compared to -$1.18 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.97% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.95 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.41, the EPS surprise was +109.76%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Advance Auto Parts performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales - YoY change: 1.1% versus 2.2% estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Number of stores (Retail) - Total: 4,305 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,307.
- Number of stores - AAP: 4,066 compared to the 4,070 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Number of stores opened: 13 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 11.
- Number of stores (BOP): 4,297 versus 4,297 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Number of stores - CARQUEST: 239 compared to the 237 average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Advance Auto Parts have returned +36.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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