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) Return on invested capital

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LKQ Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.17%, down 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.27%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.25% (fiscal 2018) to 12.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Auto Parts industry median of 4.41% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 6.27% (0.91)
FY2024 7.18% (0.99)
FY2023 8.17% (4.43)
FY2022 12.6% 1.53
FY2021 11.1% 3.58
FY2020 7.49% 0.95
FY2019 6.54% 0.29
FY2018 6.25% (0.95)
FY2017 7.20% (0.08)
FY2016 7.28% (2.27)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.25% High 12.6%
Ten-year median 7.28%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. compare 64.4%
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. compare 17.1%
GNTX Gentex Corporation compare 13.4%
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company compare 13.0%
DORM Dorman Products, Inc. compare 9.83%
LEA Lear Corporation compare 7.85%
LKQ LKQ Corporation 4.17%
MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. compare −38.5%
AUR Aurora Innovation, Inc. compare −82.4%
Auto Parts industry median 4.41%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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