O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) closed at $84.90 on October 2, down 17.81% over twelve months. Selling car parts is not an obvious place to find a durable advantage. The products are made by somebody else, and every competitor can stock the same ones. What O'Reilly sells is not really the part. It is how fast the part arrives. READ ALSO: Is Best Buy's (BBY) Moat Narrowing as Electronics Move Online for Good?What is O'Reilly Automotive's (ORLY) Economic Moat, and is it Widening or Narrowing? The Moat is Measured in Minutes: A repair shop with a car on the lift is not shopping on price. That car occupies a bay, a mechanic stands next to it, and the shop loses money for every hour the job is unfinished.
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