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$29.94 -0.02 (-0.07%)
Closing price 08/6/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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LKQ vs. GPC, POOL, WEYS, DORM, CARG, SMP, PLOW, MPAA, AZI, and CREV

Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Genuine Parts (GPC), Pool (POOL), Weyco Group (WEYS), Dorman Products (DORM), CarGurus (CARG), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI), and Carbon Revolution Public (CREV).

LKQ vs. Its Competitors

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

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Genuine Parts pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LKQ pays out 44.0% 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 increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and LKQ has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. LKQ is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LKQ has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of LKQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of LKQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Genuine Parts presently has a consensus target price of $135.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. LKQ has a consensus target price of $51.40, indicating a potential upside of 71.68%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LKQ is more favorable than Genuine Parts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genuine Parts
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
LKQ
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

LKQ has a net margin of 5.04% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 3.40%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 22.41% beat LKQ's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genuine Parts3.40% 22.41% 5.12%
LKQ 5.04%13.85%5.60%

In the previous week, Genuine Parts had 5 more articles in the media than LKQ. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Genuine Parts and 8 mentions for LKQ. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat LKQ's score of 0.91 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genuine Parts
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
LKQ
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Genuine Parts$23.49B0.79$904.08M$5.8122.98
LKQ$14.36B0.54$690M$2.7310.97

Summary

Genuine Parts and LKQ tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LKQ vs. The Competition

MetricLKQAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.71B$2.09B$17.89B$9.47B
Dividend Yield4.01%3.89%2.96%4.17%
P/E Ratio10.9721.8312.0223.99
Price / Sales0.541.1036.0996.71
Price / Cash5.888.4217.4158.51
Price / Book1.182.502.685.58
Net Income$690M$100.98M$824.50M$265.35M
7 Day Performance1.59%8.68%1.15%-0.07%
1 Month Performance-21.73%2.31%1.98%1.76%
1 Year Performance-22.87%22.02%8.39%25.39%

LKQ Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LKQ
LKQ
4.5778 of 5 stars
$29.94
-0.1%
$51.40
+71.7%
-24.4%$7.71B$14.36B10.9747,000
GPC
Genuine Parts
4.2034 of 5 stars
$133.05
-0.5%
$135.29
+1.7%
-4.7%$18.51B$23.49B22.9063,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
POOL
Pool
3.6641 of 5 stars
$321.48
-1.1%
$338.71
+5.4%
-12.7%$12.09B$5.28B29.666,000Trending News
WEYS
Weyco Group
2.4801 of 5 stars
$31.69
+0.0%
N/A-7.3%$303.56M$286.76M10.42440News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
DORM
Dorman Products
1.9238 of 5 stars
$122.21
+0.1%
$143.50
+17.4%
+32.0%$3.73B$2.01B17.533,787Positive News
Earnings Report
CARG
CarGurus
4.3541 of 5 stars
$33.60
+0.3%
$37.63
+12.0%
+43.2%$3.51B$903.75M96.001,282
SMP
Standard Motor Products
2.6105 of 5 stars
$32.43
-0.6%
N/A+19.1%$712.81M$1.46B23.165,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.1916 of 5 stars
$28.93
-1.1%
$30.00
+3.7%
+11.4%$671.56M$568.50M10.641,673Positive News
Earnings Report
MPAA
Motorcar Parts of America
1.562 of 5 stars
$12.04
-0.8%
$14.00
+16.3%
+91.2%$234.06M$757.35M-12.045,700News Coverage
Positive News
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$0.26
-3.5%
N/AN/A$29.73M$124.74M0.0083
CREV
Carbon Revolution Public
N/A$5.42
+10.4%
N/A-26.7%$10.24M$47.33M0.00N/AGap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:LKQ) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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