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 3.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Genuine Parts' Dividend History.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The specialty retailer reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $5.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.03 billion. Genuine Parts had a return on equity of 23.20% and a net margin of 4.14%. The business's revenue was up 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company 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 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Genuine Parts' stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $114.00. On average, they expect Genuine Parts' stock price to reach $103.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% 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.

Headlines about GPC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Genuine Parts earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,000,000 shares, a decline of 16.0% from the December 31st total of 3,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 629,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Genuine Parts' Current Options Chain.

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Genuine Parts' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (6.24%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (3.43%), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (1.80%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.89%) and Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc (0.89%). 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 Prudential Financial Inc., PGGM Investments, Cullen Capital Management LLC, Park National Corp OH, Sasco Capital Inc. CT, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Credit Suisse AG and State Street Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Genuine Parts.

GPC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stifel Financial Corp, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Bessemer Group Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Sanders Capital LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. and UBS Group AG. 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 $96.47.

Genuine Parts has a market capitalization of $14.02 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]