Advance Auto Parts, Inc. filings document the regulatory record for a North American automotive aftermarket parts retailer serving professional installers and do-it-yourself customers. Proxy materials disclose board composition, director elections, executive compensation, equity awards, governance practices, and shareholder voting matters.
Current reports on Form 8-K record quarterly and annual operating results, guidance releases, board appointments and retirements, and material financing arrangements. Recent debt disclosures include a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, related collateral, borrowing-base mechanics, covenants, and default provisions tied to the company's receivables, inventory and other assets.
Advance Auto Parts (AAP) reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $2,012 million for the 12 weeks ended October 10, 2026, compared with $2,036 million for the 12 weeks ended October 4, 2025. Comparable store sales decreased 1.2%. GAAP operating income was $47 million versus $22 million, and net income was $15 million versus a $1 million loss. Diluted EPS was $0.25 versus a $0.02 loss; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.79 versus $0.92. Adjusted operating income margin was 4.5%, compared with 4.4%. The company said sales turned positive in the final four weeks.
Free cash flow for the 40 weeks ended October 10, 2026 was $109 million, compared with negative $277 million for the 40 weeks ended October 4, 2025. Advance raised full-year 2026 free cash flow guidance to approximately $150 million from approximately $100 million. Current guidance also includes adjusted diluted EPS of $2.75-$3.10 and net sales of approximately $8,500 million.
Advance declared a regular cash dividend of $0.25 per share, payable January 22, 2027, to common stockholders of record January 8, 2027.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Carla Jean Bailo acquired 78 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives, at a reported $46.92 per share. After the acquisition, she directly held 15,405 shares. Her reported holdings also included 500 shares held indirectly by Family Trust.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Richard A. Johnson acquired 22 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, bringing his directly held position to 4,204 shares. The shares were acquired through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP) director Cynthia T. Jamison acquired 20 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives. The reported price was $46.92 per share, and her directly held position after the transaction was 3,722 shares.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Brent Windom acquired 52 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, at $46.92 per share through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives. After the acquisition, he held 9,771 shares directly.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Eugene I. Lee Jr. acquired 464 common shares on October 23, 2026, at a reported $46.92 per share through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives. After the acquisition, he directly held 90,663 shares. He also held 34,070 shares indirectly through a family trust.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Gregory L. Smith acquired 52 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, at $46.92 per share through dividend reinvestment. His direct holdings following the transaction were 9,771 shares.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. director Joan M. Hilson acquired 69 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, at $46.92 per share through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives. After the acquisition, she reported 13,066 shares held directly. She also reported 388 shares held indirectly by trust.
Advance Auto Parts director John Francis Ferraro acquired 142 shares of common stock on October 23, 2026, through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives, at a reported price of $46.92 per share. His direct holdings following the transaction were 27,349 shares. A separate holding entry lists 1,525 shares indirectly through a Family Trust.
Advance Auto Parts Inc director Thomas W. Seboldt reported two direct common-stock acquisitions on October 23, 2026: 32 shares connected with reinvestment of dividends paid that day, and 53 shares acquired through the dividend reinvestment feature of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Selected Executives. Each entry reports $46.9200 per share.