LKQ Corporation

LKQ Consumer Cyclical Auto Parts

LKQ Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $13.7 billion, down 1.24% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−5.14%
EPS
−115.3%
Free cash flow
−3.88%
Total debt
−10.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

20.53 0.41 −1.96%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
20.7×
Fwd P/E
10.6×
Dividend yield
5.85%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.57
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
79/100

LKQ Corporation (LKQ) Debt to equity

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LKQ Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.6×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2022) to 1.0× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Auto Parts industry median of 0.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.6× (19.09%)
FY2024 0.7× 0.32%
FY2023 0.7× 41.58%
FY2022 0.5× (0.02%)
FY2021 0.5× (4.03%)
FY2020 0.5× (36.76%)
FY2019 0.8× (10.13%)
FY2018 0.9× 10.08%
FY2017 0.8× (16.63%)
FY2016 1.0× 90.76%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.6× (3.21%)
Jun 2026 0.6× 2.60%
Mar 2026 0.6× 6.11%
Dec 2025 0.6× (11.54%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.0×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 45

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. compare −2.2×
GNTX Gentex Corporation compare 0.0×
MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. compare 0.0×
AUR Aurora Innovation, Inc. compare 0.0×
DORM Dorman Products, Inc. compare 0.3×
LEA Lear Corporation compare 0.5×
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company compare 0.5×
LKQ LKQ Corporation 0.6×
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. compare 2.2×
Auto Parts industry median 0.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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