NYSE:GPC - Genuine Parts Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Genuine Parts declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View Genuine Parts' Dividend History.

Genuine Parts declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, August 22nd 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 15,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The specialty retailer reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.05. The specialty retailer earned $4.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.48 billion. Genuine Parts had a return on equity of 20.76% and a net margin of 3.73%. The company's revenue was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Genuine Parts' Earnings History.

Genuine Parts is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.60-5.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.72. The company issued revenue guidance of $18-27-18.43 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.32 billion.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Genuine Parts' shares. Their predictions range from $89.00 to $107.00. On average, they expect Genuine Parts' stock price to reach $97.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Genuine Parts.

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Headlines about GPC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Genuine Parts earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.12 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Genuine Parts' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.22%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.77%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.53%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.95%), Thomaspartners Inc. (1.50%) and American Century Companies Inc. (1.45%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Schroder Investment Management Group, Swiss National Bank, Northern Trust Corp, Usca Ria LLC and Morningstar Investment Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Millennium Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc., Sei Investments Co. and Thomaspartners Inc.. 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 $93.25.

Genuine Parts has a market capitalization of $13.84 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.

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]