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

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

Genuine Parts declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.7625 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $3.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Genuine Parts' Dividend History.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The specialty retailer reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $5.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.03 billion. Genuine Parts had a return on equity of 23.20% and a net margin of 4.14%. Genuine Parts's revenue was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. View Genuine Parts' Earnings History.

Genuine Parts is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Genuine Parts' stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $114.00. On average, they expect Genuine Parts' share price to reach $103.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Genuine Parts.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genuine Parts in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Genuine Parts.

News articles about GPC stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,000,000 shares, a decrease of 16.0% from the December 15th total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 635,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Genuine Parts' Current Options Chain.

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Genuine Parts' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.16%), Park National Corp OH (0.15%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.11%), PGGM Investments (0.09%), Meyer Handelman Co. (0.07%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Genuine Parts stock include James R Neill, John R Holder, Randall P Breaux and Scott Sonnemaker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Park National Corp OH, DNB Asset Management AS, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. View Insider Buying and Selling for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BT Wealth Management LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Perigon Wealth Management LLC, Arvest Bank Trust Division and First Midwest Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have bought Genuine Parts stock in the last two years include John R Holder and Scott Sonnemaker. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.17.

Genuine Parts has a market capitalization of $14.55 billion and generates $18.74 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $810.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.68 on an earnings per share basis. Genuine Parts employs 50,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Genuine Parts.

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]