LKQ vs. GPC, POOL, WEYS, VOXX, SAG, CTNT, F, STLA, LI, and XPEV
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), VOXX International (VOXX), SAG (SAG), Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (CTNT), Ford Motor (F), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), and XPeng (XPEV).
LKQ vs. Its Competitors
Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
LKQ received 167 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 47.97% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.
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.
Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LKQ has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 and LKQ has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Genuine Parts presently has a consensus price target of $130.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. LKQ has a consensus price target of $52.60, indicating a potential upside of 34.73%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LKQ is more favorable than Genuine Parts.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of LKQ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Genuine Parts had 8 more articles in the media than LKQ. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Genuine Parts and 9 mentions for LKQ. LKQ's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Genuine Parts' score of 0.98 indicating that LKQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
LKQ beats Genuine Parts on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LKQ) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
