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) Operating margin

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LKQ Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.80%, down 2.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.27%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.17% (fiscal 2019) to 12.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Auto Parts industry median of 3.50% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.27% (1.01)
FY2024 8.28% (1.70)
FY2023 9.98% (2.38)
FY2022 12.4% 1.10
FY2021 11.3% 2.78
FY2020 8.48% 1.31
FY2019 7.17% (0.26)
FY2018 7.43% (1.25)
FY2017 8.68% (0.21)
FY2016 8.89% (0.91)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 1.60% (5.00)
Jun 2026 6.60% 0.34
Mar 2026 6.26% 1.64
Dec 2025 4.62% (3.21)
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Against its own ten years

Low 7.17% High 12.4%
Ten-year median 8.68%
Current reading's percentile 2

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
GNTX Gentex Corporation compare 19.1%
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. compare 17.2%
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. compare 14.6%
DORM Dorman Products, Inc. compare 13.3%
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company compare 10.1%
LKQ LKQ Corporation 4.80%
LEA Lear Corporation compare 3.68%
MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. compare −207.0%
AUR Aurora Innovation, Inc. compare −14,357.1%
Auto Parts industry median 3.50%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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