NIO
NIO Inc.
NIO offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
ORLY has a slight edge over NIO overall, supported by lower modeled downside.
NIO Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Unavailable |
NIO's revenue is currently strong, and its profitability and cash flow are stable. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
ORLY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Unavailable | |
| Healthy |
ORLY's profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable. There isn't enough data to rate its cash flow.
NIO PE Valuation
NIO has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ORLY PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 22x | $70.95 | -23% |
| Fair | 26x | $83.95 | -8.3% |
| Forward | 26x | $91.56 | — |
| Current | 28x | $91.56 | — |
| Expensive | 31x | $102 | +12% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ORLY's PE is in its expensive range at 28x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 26x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
NIO Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect NIO's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
ORLY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ORLY, with profitability improving.
NIO Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.29 | +$1.45 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.60 | +$1.16 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.06 | +$0.60 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.59 | +$0.02 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.74 | -$0.10 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.76 | +$0.06 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.66 | +$0.21 |
| Q3 2024 | -$1.61 | +$0.32 |
NIO is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.29 per share over the past year, against $1.93 at its worst in late 2023.
ORLY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.57 | +9.2% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.27 | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.15 | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.07 | +13% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.97 | +9.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.89 | +7.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.80 | +5.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.72 | +3.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.71 | +5.4% |
ORLY has the edge over NIO on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
NIO Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $4.8B | +69% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.8B | +112% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.2B | +76% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.3B | +17% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.9B | +9% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.8B | +21% |
| Q4 2024 | $3B | +15% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.8B | -2.1% |
NIO has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is up 69% for NIO versus up 7.8% for ORLY.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -2.1% | +24 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1.2% | +52 points |
| Q4 2025 | 2.3% | +33 points |
| Q3 2025 | -16% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -26% | +4 points |
| Q1 2025 | -53% | +1.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | -31% | +8.1 points |
| Q3 2024 | -28% | -2.6 points |
NIO's operating margin was −2.1% last quarter, up 24 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ORLY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $4.7B | +7.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.5B | +5.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.1B | +4% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.1B | +6.9% |
| Q3 2024 | $4.4B | +3.8% |
| Q2 2024 | $4.3B | +5% |
| Q1 2024 | $4B | +7.2% |
| Q4 2023 | $3.8B | +5.1% |
ORLY's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $4.7B last quarter, up 7.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | 21% | +0.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 20% | 0 points |
| Q1 2025 | 18% | -1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 18% | -0.7 points |
| Q3 2024 | 21% | -0.8 points |
| Q2 2024 | 20% | -0.8 points |
| Q1 2024 | 19% | -0.4 points |
| Q4 2023 | 19% | 0 points |
ORLY's operating margin was 21% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
NIO Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $0 | +$2.1B |
| Q1 2026 | $0 | $0 |
| Q4 2025 | $0 | +$391.3M |
| Q3 2025 | $0 | $0 |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.1B | +$73.9M |
| Q1 2025 | $0 | $0 |
| Q4 2024 | -$391.3M | -386% |
| Q2 2024 | -$2.2B | +$337.9M |
NIO's free cash flow was $0 over the past year, against −$2.5B the year before.
ORLY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $250.5M | -18% |
| Q2 2026 | $698.9M | +53% |
| Q1 2026 | $788.5M | +68% |
| Q4 2025 | $364.5M | +9.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $304.4M | -41% |
| Q2 2025 | $456.1M | -37% |
| Q1 2025 | $468.2M | +2.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $334M | +26% |
ORLY has the edge over NIO on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
NIO Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.6% | +15.6M shares |
| 1 year | +12% | +267M shares |
| 3 years | +51% | +844M shares |
| 5 years | +60% | +933M shares |
| Available history | +143% | +1.5B shares |
NIO has 2.5B diluted shares, up 12% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
NIO hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
ORLY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2% | -16.7M shares |
| 1 year | -4.7% | -40.5M shares |
| 3 years | -11% | -96.6M shares |
| 5 years | -22% | -226M shares |
| Available history | -30% | -355M shares |
ORLY has the edge over NIO on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1B |
| Q2 2026 | $1.5B |
| Q1 2026 | $922.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $500.3M |
| Q3 2025 | $420M |
| Q2 2025 | $617.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $559.4M |
| Q4 2024 | $472M |
ORLY spent $4B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 92% from the year before.
NIO Net Leverage
NIO's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
ORLY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.5x | Healthy |
ORLY's net debt is about 1.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.5 years a year ago.
NIO Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 30.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 6.9 | Oversold |
NIO's weekly RSI is 31 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
ORLY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 54.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 62.9 | Neutral |
ORLY's weekly RSI is 55 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 63 (neutral).
NIO PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
NIO has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ORLY PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | ORLY | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 28x | 18x | 56% above |
| PE % | 67 | 47 | 20 pts above |
ORLY is trading at 28x earnings, a 56% premium to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
NIO Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.36 | 9.2% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.01 | 24% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.81 | 37% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.85 | 37% below |
| 200 week MA | $6.03 | 49% below |
NIO is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 49% below its 200-week average.
ORLY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $88.3 | 3.7% above |
| 20 week MA | $88.3 | 3.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $90.9 | 0.7% above |
| 100 week MA | $92.2 | 0.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $79.6 | 15% above |
ORLY has the edge over NIO on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
NIO Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.42 | $45.8 | +1791% |
| 2021 | $45.8 | $30.5 | -33% |
| 2022 | $30.5 | $11.0 | -64% |
| 2023 | $11.0 | $9.07 | -17% |
| 2024 | $9.07 | $4.48 | -51% |
| 2025 | $4.48 | $5.10 | +14% |
| 2026 YTD | $5.10 | $3.05 | -40% |
NIO's yearly returns have swung widely, from +1791% in 2020 to −64% in 2022. It's down 40% so far in 2026.
ORLY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $29.2 | $30.8 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | $30.8 | $45.3 | +47% |
| 2022 | $45.3 | $55.6 | +23% |
| 2023 | $55.6 | $63.3 | +14% |
| 2024 | $63.3 | $79.8 | +26% |
| 2025 | $79.8 | $92.3 | +16% |
| 2026 YTD | $92.3 | $91.6 | -0.7% |
ORLY has the edge over NIO on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.