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$36.79
-0.52 (-1.39%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

LKQ vs. GPC, POOL, DORM, VC, DLPH, WEYS, SRI, VOXX, CTNT, and LI

Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Genuine Parts (GPC), Pool (POOL), Dorman Products (DORM), Visteon (VC), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Weyco Group (WEYS), Stoneridge (SRI), VOXX International (VOXX), Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (CTNT), and Li Auto (LI).

LKQ vs.

LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) and Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

LKQ has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 4.67%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 27.23% beat LKQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LKQ5.03% 15.33% 6.18%
Genuine Parts 4.67%27.23%6.53%

LKQ received 167 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.40% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 47.77% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LKQOutperform Votes
478
70.40%
Underperform Votes
201
29.60%
Genuine PartsOutperform Votes
311
47.77%
Underperform Votes
340
52.23%

LKQ has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. LKQ pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genuine Parts pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

95.6% of LKQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of LKQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than LKQ. LKQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuine Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LKQ$14.50B0.68$936M$3.0811.98
Genuine Parts$23.30B0.68$1.32B$8.9712.75

LKQ presently has a consensus target price of $53.80, suggesting a potential upside of 45.84%. Genuine Parts has a consensus target price of $139.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.40%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LKQ is more favorable than Genuine Parts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LKQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Genuine Parts
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, LKQ had 7 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for LKQ and 26 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat LKQ's score of 0.12 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LKQ
5 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Genuine Parts
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

LKQ beats Genuine Parts on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LKQ vs. The Competition

MetricLKQMotor vehicles & motor vehicle parts & supplies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.84B$4.95B$14.84B$8.41B
Dividend Yield3.19%3.19%3.01%4.20%
P/E Ratio13.5112.1111.1217.72
Price / Sales0.681.7636.5077.41
Price / Cash7.4510.5012.9533.56
Price / Book1.604.392.154.58
Net Income$936M$468.07M$1.32B$225.57M
7 Day Performance-2.07%-5.66%-2.21%-0.35%
1 Month Performance-7.59%-12.42%-5.65%1.73%
1 Year Performance-16.01%-48.74%-0.68%32.96%

LKQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LKQ
LKQ
4.9113 of 5 stars
$36.79
-1.4%
$53.80
+46.2%
-14.0%$9.56B$14.50B13.4849,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
GPC
Genuine Parts
4.9268 of 5 stars
$117.28
-0.9%
$139.57
+19.0%
-8.8%$16.34B$23.30B15.0960,000Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
POOL
Pool
3.9216 of 5 stars
$362.36
-2.0%
$369.11
+1.9%
+15.1%$13.86B$5.54B31.186,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
DORM
Dorman Products
1.7929 of 5 stars
$115.63
+0.0%
$113.33
-2.0%
+59.1%$3.53B$1.93B21.183,872Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VC
Visteon
4.9594 of 5 stars
$96.05
+0.2%
$127.57
+32.8%
-20.3%$2.65B$3.95B5.2110,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
DLPH
Delphi Technologies
N/A$17.02
flat
N/AN/A$1.47B$4.36B-7.7721,000
WEYS
Weyco Group
2.0049 of 5 stars
$34.37
+1.4%
N/A+20.1%$326.52M$300.23M10.88440Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SRI
Stoneridge
3.5124 of 5 stars
$9.44
-1.8%
N/A-43.4%$261.30M$975.82M134.864,850Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
VOXX
VOXX International
1.8337 of 5 stars
$7.83
-0.5%
N/A-12.6%$176.18M$468.91M-7.05911
CTNT
Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service
2.5924 of 5 stars
$3.03
-17.7%
$64.00
+2,012.2%
-83.5%$54.29M$17.68M-60.6018Gap Up
LI
Li Auto
3.816 of 5 stars
$28.42
-2.4%
$32.66
+14.9%
-17.6%$30.15B$133.72B21.2131,591Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:LKQ) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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