Genuine Parts - GPC Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genuine Parts in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" GPC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GPC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Genuine Parts' shares. Their GPC share price forecasts range from $133.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $141.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.1%.
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Genuine Parts' stock was trading at $173.51 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, GPC stock has decreased by 3.0% and is now trading at $168.29.
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Genuine Parts saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,260,000 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the December 31st total of 2,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 941,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 23rd 2023.
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Genuine Parts will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 877-344-7529 with passcode "1162108".

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The specialty retailer reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.24. The specialty retailer earned $4.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.70 billion. Genuine Parts had a net margin of 5.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.91%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.63 EPS.
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Genuine Parts declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.895 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $3.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 1st.
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Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.10%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 67 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 42.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.63% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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41 employees have rated Genuine Parts Chief Executive Officer Paul Donahue on Glassdoor.com. Paul Donahue has an approval rating of 73% among the company's employees.

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

Genuine Parts' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include ProShare Advisors LLC (0.69%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.66%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.32%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.30%), Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC (0.22%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.17%). Insiders that own company stock include John R Holder, Kevin Herron and Thomas Gallagher.
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Shares of GPC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $168.29.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) has a market capitalization of $23.76 billion and generates $18.87 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $898.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 52,000 workers across the globe.

Genuine Parts' mailing address is 2999 WILDWOOD PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA, 30339. The official website for the company is www.genpt.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (678) 934-5000, via email at webmaster@genpt.com, or via fax at 770-956-2211.