Wednesday Sector Laggards: Auto Dealerships, Vehicle Manufacturers

Palm Beach, FL 6/27/12 (StreetBeat) -- In trading on Wednesday, auto dealerships shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of O’reilly Automotive (Nasdaq:ORLY), off about 18.4% and shares of Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) down about 4.1% on the day.

Also lagging the market Wednesday are vehicle manufacturers shares, down on the day by about 1.3% as a group, led down by Kandi Technolgies (Nasdaq:KNDI), trading lower by about 6.2% and Tata Motors Limited (NYSE:TTM), trading lower by about 2.6%.

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Advance Auto (NYSE: AAP) profit misses as margins shrink, shares fall

Shawshank, VA 5/17/12 (StreetBeat) -- U.S. auto parts retail chain Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE: AAP) reported a quarterly profit that missed analysts' estimates, as higher supply chain costs hurt margins, sending its shares down 18 percent.

The company, which warned that sales trends in the second quarter remain challenging, said it expects annual comparable store sales to be in the low single digits for 2012. It also kept its full-year profit forecast of $5.55 to $5.75 per share.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $5.97 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company, which sells parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items, also said it would repurchase $500 million of its stock. The new plan replaces the $300 million share buyback program authorized in August 2011.

Advance Auto Parts' first-quarter net income rose to $133.5 million, or $1.79 per share, from $109.6 million, or $1.35 per share, a year ago.

Sales increased 3.1 percent to $2 billion, helped by a 2.1 percent rise in comparable store sales.

Analysts were expecting earnings of $1.81 per share on sales of $2 billion.

Advance Auto Parts shares fell to a low of $67.22 in early morning trade on Thursday, making it the biggest percentage loser on the New York Stock Exchange.

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