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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. reports developments for an automotive aftermarket parts retailer serving professional installers and do-it-yourself customers in North America. Company news commonly covers quarterly earnings, full-year guidance, comparable-store sales, operating-margin initiatives, store and distribution activity, and execution of its retail-focused strategic plan.
Updates also address customer programs such as Advance Rewards, the Carquest independent-store network, board appointments, investor conference appearances, and brand marketing partnerships. The company operates primarily in the United States with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and serves Carquest-branded stores across Mexico and Caribbean markets.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) reported Q4 and full‑year 2025 results and issued 2026 guidance on February 13, 2026. FY25 net sales were $8.6B with comparable store sales +0.8% and adjusted operating income margin of 2.5%. Free cash flow was an outflow of $298M. For 2026 the company guides comparable sales +1.0%–2.0%, adjusted operating margin 3.8%–4.5%, adjusted diluted EPS $2.40–$3.10, and approx. $100M free cash flow.
Management also declared a regular cash dividend of $0.25 per share payable April 24, 2026.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) launched Advance Rewards on February 2, 2026, a modernized loyalty program replacing Speed Perks with a three-tier system: 1st Gear, 2nd Gear and Top Gear. The program increases points rates, allows coupon stacking up to $100 and adds mobile and POS integration.
Members earn 5–10 points per dollar depending on tier, gain access to vendor deals, bonus-point promos and sweepstakes, and can join free online or in stores.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) will report fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results before the market opens on Friday, February 13, 2026. A conference call and live webcast are scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. ET on February 13, 2026. The live webcast and a one-year replay will be available on the company’s Investor Relations website at ir.AdvanceAutoParts.com. Phone participants must pre-register online to receive dial-in, passcode, and registrant ID details.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) announced on January 13, 2026 that Richard “Dick” A. Johnson has been appointed as an independent director to its Board of Directors. Mr. Johnson is the retired CEO, president, and chairman of Foot Locker, having served as CEO and president from 2014 until September 2022 and on Foot Locker's board through January 2023. He currently serves as chairman of the board of H & R Block and as a director of Build-A-Bear Workshop and Graebel Companies. Company leadership highlighted his ~30 years of retail experience and expected contributions to Advance’s execution of its strategic plan.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) named OSRAM Sylvania its 2025 Global Vendor of the Year at its “Accelerate” vendor appreciation and field leader kickoff event in Orlando, Fla., on January 9, 2026. The company also recognized nine additional vendors across category awards including Pro Vendor (GSP), DIY Vendor (Valvoline Global), Visionary Vendor (Winhere Brakes), Supply Chain & Inventory Back Room (GRI Engineering), Inventory Front Room (Amalie), E‑Commerce (Premium Guard), Content (Motorad and Josco), Marketing (GlueIQ), and Vendor Rep (Tasco). Advance highlighted cross‑functional collaboration, inventory and supply‑chain improvements, and marketing/content contributions as reasons for the awards.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) launched ARGOS, a new owned brand of oils and fluids aimed at delivering quality and affordability to DIY and professional customers. ARGOS will be sold exclusively at all Advance and Carquest U.S. stores and online.
Rollout timing: synthetic blend and full synthetic heavy-duty motor oil in mid-February 2026; passenger car motor oil in various blends in early March 2026; full portfolio including ATF, bulk fluids, gear oil, small engine oil and performance chemicals by May 2026.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) appointed Ronald Gilbert as senior vice president of supply chain, effective December 22, 2025. He will report to CEO Shane O’Kelly and lead all supply chain operations and strategic productivity initiatives.
Gilbert succeeds Stephen Szilagyi, who is retiring and will remain in an advisory role during the transition. Under prior leadership, Advance consolidated its distribution network from 38 DCs in 2023 to a target of 16 DCs by end of 2025, opened its first market hub in 2024, and plans to operate 60 market hubs by mid-2027. Gilbert brings over 20 years of supply chain leadership at retailers including Saks Global and Rite Aid.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) said its CEO Shane O'Kelly and CFO Ryan Grimsland will present at the Gabelli Funds 49th Annual Automotive Symposium on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will be streamed live via webcast and is accessible from the company's investor relations site at ir.AdvanceAutoParts.com.
This is a public investor presentation; no financial results or new corporate actions were announced in connection with the appearance.
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Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) will report results for its third quarter ended October 4, 2025 before the market opens on Thursday, October 30, 2025. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET on October 30, 2025.
A live webcast and a one-year replay will be available on the company’s Investor Relations website. Phone participants must pre-register online to receive dial-in, passcode, and registrant ID details.