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) Gross margin

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LKQ Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 38.1%, down 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (38.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 38.5% (fiscal 2018) to 40.8% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Auto Parts industry median of 22.1% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 38.6% (0.38)
FY2024 39.0% (1.39)
FY2023 40.3% (0.48)
FY2022 40.8% 0.16
FY2021 40.7% 1.16
FY2020 39.5% 0.70
FY2019 38.8% 0.28
FY2018 38.5% (0.50)
FY2017 39.0% (0.03)
FY2016 39.1% (0.34)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 37.2% (1.52)
Jun 2026 38.8% 0.39
Mar 2026 38.4% 0.48
Dec 2025 37.9% (0.44)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 38.5% High 40.8%
Ten-year median 39.1%
Current reading's percentile 2

Gross margin against peers

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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