---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000898173-21-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORLY"
cik: "0000898173"
company_name: "O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:58:31.253459+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# O'Reilly Q2 EPS $8.33 (+17% YoY); raises FY guidance; COO Shaw retiring early 2022

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $3.47B (+12% YoY); comp store sales +9.9%; diluted EPS $8.33 vs $7.10 prior year.
- FY2021 guidance raised: comp store sales 5-7% (prev 1-3%); diluted EPS $26.80-$27.00 (increase of $2.05 midpoint).
- COO & Co-President Jeff Shaw to retire early 2022; Brad Beckham to become EVP & COO.
- Net income $585M (+10%); operating income $796M (+8%); SG&A increased to 29.7% of sales.
- Share repurchases: 0.7M shares in Q2 for $400M; YTD 2.2M shares for $1.06B; remaining authorization $1.80B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000898173-21-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORLY
- cik: 0000898173
- company_name: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817321000042/0000898173-21-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817321000042/orly-20210728x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-21-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-21-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-21-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Beckham was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: At the time of Mr. Shaw’s retirement, Brad Beckham, the Company’s Executive Vice President of Store Operations and Sales, will be promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817321000042/0000898173-21-000042-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff Shaw departed as Chief Operating Officer and Co-President at O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer and Co-President
  source text: On July 28, 2021, the Company also announced that Jeff Shaw, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Co-President, intends to retire effective in early 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817321000042/0000898173-21-000042-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.