NYSE:GPC - Genuine Parts Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Genuine Parts trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPC."

Genuine Parts announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.72 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.90%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Genuine Parts' Dividend History.

Genuine Parts declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Tuesday, August 22nd 2017, which permits the company to buyback 15,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The specialty retailer reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.48. The specialty retailer had revenue of $4.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.71 billion. Genuine Parts had a return on equity of 22.54% and a net margin of 3.99%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.16 earnings per share. View Genuine Parts' Earnings History.

Genuine Parts is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.60-5.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.64. The company issued revenue guidance of +14-15% to ~$1.86-1.88 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.63 billion.

5 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Genuine Parts' stock. Their predictions range from $99.00 to $107.00. On average, they expect Genuine Parts' share price to reach $102.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Genuine Parts.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genuine Parts in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Genuine Parts.

Media coverage about GPC stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Genuine Parts earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Genuine Parts' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.19%), BlackRock Inc. (9.70%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.26%), Glenmede Trust Co. NA (4.07%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.50%) and American Century Companies Inc. (1.40%). Company insiders that own Genuine Parts stock include James R Neill and John R Holder. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group Inc., WBI Investments Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Jane Street Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Genuine Parts.

Shares of GPC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $99.32.

Genuine Parts has a market capitalization of $14.61 billion and generates $16.31 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $616.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.64 on an earnings per share basis. Genuine Parts employs 48,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Genuine Parts is http://www.genpt.com.

Genuine Parts' mailing address is 2999 WILDWOOD PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 678-934-5000 or via email at [email protected]