LKQ (LKQ) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GPC or LKQ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genuine Parts	$23.57B	0.69	$1.32B	$6.09	19.23
LKQ	$14.12B	0.70	$936M	$2.68	14.17

Do analysts recommend GPC or LKQ?

Genuine Parts currently has a consensus target price of $130.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. LKQ has a consensus target price of $52.60, indicating a potential upside of 38.50%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
LKQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPC or LKQ?

LKQ received 166 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.29% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 47.97% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 319 47.97%	Underperform Votes 346 52.03%
LKQ	Outperform Votes 485 70.29%	Underperform Votes 205 29.71%

Which has more volatility & risk, GPC or LKQ?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LKQ has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GPC or LKQ a better dividend stock?

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Genuine Parts pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LKQ pays out 44.8% 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. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor GPC or LKQ?

In the previous week, LKQ had 11 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for LKQ and 23 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat LKQ's score of 0.71 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LKQ	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GPC or LKQ more profitable?

LKQ has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 3.85%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 25.28% beat LKQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuine Parts	3.85%	25.28%	5.94%
LKQ	4.81%	14.93%	6.03%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GPC or LKQ?

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

Summary

LKQ beats Genuine Parts on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.