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) Free cash flow margin

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LKQ Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.52%, down 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.20%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.58% (fiscal 2017) to 11.1% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Auto Parts industry median of 1.43% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.20% 0.34
FY2024 5.86% (1.66)
FY2023 7.52% (0.52)
FY2022 8.04% (0.32)
FY2021 8.36% (2.72)
FY2020 11.1% 4.57
FY2019 6.51% 2.40
FY2018 4.11% 0.53
FY2017 3.58% (1.45)
FY2016 5.03% (0.17)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.58% High 11.1%
Ten-year median 6.20%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. compare 15.8%
DORM Dorman Products, Inc. compare 12.4%
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. compare 10.4%
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. compare 10.0%
LKQ LKQ Corporation 4.52%
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company compare 4.48%
LEA Lear Corporation compare 2.95%
GNTX Gentex Corporation compare 0.00%
AUR Aurora Innovation, Inc. compare −11,428.6%
Auto Parts industry median 1.43%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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