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CEO of Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP) Thomas Greco bought 6,250 shares of AAP on 08/23/2016 at an average price of $159.56 a share. The total cost of this purchase was $997,250.

Advance Auto Parts Inc is a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items mainly operating within the United States. Advance Auto Parts Inc has a market cap of $11.62 billion; its shares were traded at around $157.94 with a P/E ratio of 25.53 and P/S ratio of 1.22. The dividend yield of Advance Auto Parts Inc stocks is 0.15%. Advance Auto Parts Inc had an annual average EBITDA growth of 13.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Advance Auto Parts Inc the business predictability rank of 5-star.

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CEO Recent Trades:

• CEO Thomas Greco bought 6,250 shares of AAP stock on 08/23/2016 at the average price of $159.56. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.02% since.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director John Francis Ferraro bought 500 shares of AAP stock on 08/22/2016 at the average price of $160.28. The price of the stock has decreased by 1.46% since.

• Director John F Bergstrom bought 633 shares of AAP stock on 08/19/2016 at the average price of $157.61. The price of the stock has increased by 0.21% since.

• Director Reuben E Slone bought 632 shares of AAP stock on 08/18/2016 at the average price of $157.99. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.03% since.

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• AAP 15-Year Financial Data

• The intrinsic value of AAP

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