Auto parts and accessories retailer Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) will be reporting earnings this Friday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.

Advance Auto Parts beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.04 billion, down 5.2% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year EPS guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Advance Auto Parts’s revenue to decline 2.1% year on year to $1.95 billion, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.41 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Advance Auto Parts has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Advance Auto Parts’s peers in the automotive and marine retail segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Monro’s revenues decreased 4% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.6%, and O'Reilly reported revenues up 7.8%, in line with consensus estimates. Monro traded down 5.2% following the results while O'Reilly was also down 4%.

Read our full analysis of Monro’s results here and O'Reilly’s results here.

Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the automotive and marine retail stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.1% on average over the last month. Advance Auto Parts is up 40.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $51.29 (compared to the current share price of $59).

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