Genuine Parts - GPC Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genuine Parts in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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.
View GPC analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks.

4 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Genuine Parts' shares. Their GPC share price forecasts range from $133.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $140.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.2%.
View analysts price targets for GPC or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

Genuine Parts' stock was trading at $140.20 at the start of the year. Since then, GPC shares have increased by 7.7% and is now trading at $151.04.
View the best growth stocks for 2022 here.

Genuine Parts saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,800,000 shares, a decrease of 13.5% from the August 15th total of 2,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 862,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
View Genuine Parts' Short Interest.

The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
View our GPC earnings forecast.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The specialty retailer reported $2.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.17. The specialty retailer had revenue of $5.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.30 billion. Genuine Parts had a net margin of 5.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.67%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share.
Read the conference call transcript.

Genuine Parts declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.895 per share on Monday, October 3rd. This represents a $3.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 1st.
Read our dividend analysis for GPC.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 66 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for GPC.

Genuine Parts issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.80-$7.95 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.83. The company issued revenue guidance of $21.14 billion-$21.51 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $21.12 billion.

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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Genuine Parts investors own include AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Coca-Cola (KO), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Chevron (CVX).

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

Genuine Parts' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.70%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.00%), Cullen Capital Management LLC (1.21%), Truist Financial Corp (1.14%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.12%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.09%). Insiders that own company stock include John R Holder, Kevin Herron, Randall P Breaux and Thomas Gallagher.
View institutional ownership trends.

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.
Compare Top Brokerages Here.

One share of GPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $151.04.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) has a market capitalization of $21.36 billion and generates $18.87 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $898.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.72 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.