secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC (AAP)
CIK:        0001158449
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-049776
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Advance Auto Parts Q4 adj EPS $0.86; FY25 adj op margin 2.5%; FY26 guidance for 3.8-4.5% margin
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- Q4 comparable store sales +1.1%; adjusted operating income $73M (3.7% margin) vs loss of $99M a year ago.
- Full year adjusted diluted EPS $2.26 vs loss of $0.29; adjusted operating margin expanded 200 bps to 2.5%.
- FY26 guidance: comparable sales growth 1.0-2.0%, adjusted op margin 3.8-4.5%, adjusted diluted EPS $2.40-$3.10.
- Regular quarterly dividend maintained at $0.25/share, payable April 24 to holders of record April 10.
- Free cash flow was outflow $298M for FY25; FY26 guided to approx. $100M inflow.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312526049776/0001193125-26-049776-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158449/000119312526049776/aap-20260213.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-049776

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