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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Genuine Parts' Dividend History.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The specialty retailer reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.03. The specialty retailer earned $5.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.03 billion. Genuine Parts had a net margin of 4.14% and a return on equity of 23.20%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior 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 12-month price objectives for Genuine Parts' stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $114.00. On average, they anticipate Genuine Parts' share price to reach $103.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% 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 very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Genuine Parts earned a media sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Genuine Parts.

Genuine Parts saw a decrease in short interest during 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 volume of 635,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 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 purchased 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 $99.50.

Genuine Parts has a market capitalization of $14.46 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]