LKQ Corporation

LKQ Consumer Cyclical Auto Parts

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.99%, EPS fell 29.3%, free cash flow fell 75.3% and total debt rose 209.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

22.23 0.13 −0.58%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
12.4×
Fwd P/E
11.2×
Dividend yield
5.40%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.57
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
79/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

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Insider Ownership 1.38%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,660.00
Revenue 13,688.00
Net Income 461.00
Free Cash Flow 625.00
Net Debt 3,632.00
Current Ratio 1.58 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.61
P/E ratio 12.35
Fwd P/E 11.20
P/S ratio 0.41
P/B ratio 0.87
Past 5Y EPS Growth 2.37%
This Y EPS Growth (11.44%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 15.13% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (0.47%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 2.59%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 8.40%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 1.14%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 27.76%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.67
Annual Dividend Rate 1.20
Annual Dividend Yield 5.40%
total individual payouts
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.40
0.30
0.30
0.30
2025 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2024 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2023 1.13
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.30
2022 1.03
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.28
2021 0.25
0.25
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 299 234 319 301
Receivables 1,165 1,113 1,204 1,399
Inventory 3,121 3,183 3,426 3,284
Other — — — —
4,868 4,906 5,248 5,351
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,648 1,797 2,108 1,791
ST’ Debt 596 38 32 545
Other 281 217 210 200
3,318 2,862 3,137 3,390

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.62% 3.26% 2.18%
Cash Flow 6.92% (5.94%) (5.26%)
Earnings 3.67% (0.99%) (19.16%)
Book Value 7.73% 2.96% 6.27%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,469 3,408 — — —
’25 3,327 3,513 3,499 3,312 13,651
’24 3,703 3,711 3,453 2,956 13,823
’23 3,349 3,448 3,568 2,904 13,269
’22 3,348 3,341 3,104 3,001 12,794
’21 3,171 3,435 3,297 3,186 13,089
’20 3,001 2,626 3,048 2,954 11,629
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (56) 111 — — —
’25 (3) 296 440 330 1,063
’24 253 213 420 235 1,121
’23 223 480 441 212 1,356
’22 409 328 273 240 1,250
’21 523 410 429 5 1,367
’20 195 718 222 309 1,444
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (96) 60 — — —
’25 (57) 243 387 274 847
’24 187 133 341 149 810
’23 153 414 344 87 998
’22 352 289 226 161 1,028
’21 489 368 388 (151) 1,094
’20 156 686 196 250 1,288
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.31 0.53 — — —
’25 0.65 0.75 0.70 0.26 2.35
’24 0.59 0.70 0.73 0.60 2.62
’23 1.01 1.05 0.78 0.66 3.49
’22 0.95 1.49 0.95 0.72 4.13
’21 0.88 1.01 0.96 0.81 3.66
’20 0.47 0.39 0.64 0.59 2.09
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 23.95 27.85 23.14 22.74 13.31 34.11 42.36 41.49 35.57 28.13

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 36.35 41.42 43.86 36.63 38.38 60.23 60.43 59.38 53.68 44.82
People
People Employees 42,500 43,000 51,000 51,000 44,000 46,000 45,000 49,000 47,000 44,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.20 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.29 0.31
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 8,584 9,737 11,877 12,506 11,629 13,089 12,794 13,269 13,823 13,651
Gross margin, % 39.05 39.02 38.52 38.80 39.50 40.66 40.82 40.34 38.95 38.57
EBT 677 767 743 791 885 1,399 1,518 1,223 926 800
EBT margin, % 7.89 7.87 6.26 6.33 7.61 10.69 11.86 9.22 6.70 5.86
Net income 464 530 483 545 640 1,092 1,150 938 693 608
Depreciation 206 230 294 314 299 284 264 319 406 470
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 27.97 31.55 37.77 40.32 38.18 44.10 46.17 49.59 52.44 53.01
Earnings 1.51 1.73 1.53 1.75 2.10 3.68 4.15 3.50 2.62 2.36
Cash flow 2.07 1.68 2.26 3.43 4.74 4.61 4.51 5.07 4.25 4.13
Capex (0.66) (0.55) (0.71) (0.80) (0.51) (0.92) (0.80) (1.34) (1.18) (0.84)
Free cash flow 1.41 1.13 1.55 2.63 4.23 3.69 3.71 3.73 3.07 3.29
Book value 11.22 13.63 15.39 16.28 18.62 19.50 19.73 23.10 22.88 25.48
Shares, m 307 309 314 310 305 297 277 268 264 258
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.83 23.90 15.61 20.40 16.78 16.31 13.01 13.51 14.03 12.80
P/S 1.11 1.31 0.63 0.89 0.92 1.36 1.17 0.95 0.70 0.57
P/B 2.77 3.03 1.54 2.19 1.89 3.08 2.73 2.05 1.61 1.19
EV/Sales 1.47 1.63 0.96 1.17 1.14 1.56 1.35 1.25 0.99 0.81
EV/FCF 29.29 45.58 23.43 17.92 10.32 18.61 16.83 16.64 16.81 13.13
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 635 519 711 1,064 1,444 1,367 1,250 1,356 1,121 1,063
Capex (204) (170) (222) (250) (156) (273) (222) (358) (311) (216)
Free cash flow 431 349 488 814 1,288 1,094 1,028 998 810 847
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 2,357 2,499 2,831 2,509 2,046 2,089 1,987 1,550 2,044 2,111
Total debt 3,342 3,404 4,311 4,042 2,871 2,812 2,656 4,251 4,162 3,663
Net debt 3,114 3,124 3,979 3,519 2,559 2,538 2,378 3,952 3,928 3,344
Shareholders’ equity 3,443 4,207 4,839 5,049 5,671 5,787 5,467 6,181 6,032 6,561
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.65 6.04 4.63 4.48 5.08 8.74 9.32 6.90 4.59 4.03
ROIC 7.28 7.20 6.25 6.54 7.49 11.07 12.60 8.17 7.18 6.27
ROE 14.15 13.95 10.62 10.95 11.90 19.04 20.42 16.07 11.30 9.64
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

LKQ Corporation vs peers in Auto Parts (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ALV Autoliv, Inc. $8.5B 13.6× 12.4× +3.28% (above 0%: growing) −37.50% (below 0%: shrinking) +107.32% (above 0%: growing) 18.16% 6.89% Compare
MOD Modine Manufacturing Company $8.2B 56.0× 37.5× +28.02% (above 0%: growing) +44.21% (above 0%: growing) −2,600.00% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.82% 8.56% Compare
MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. $6.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +0.40% (above 0%: growing) n/m −42.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 46.26% (5.91%) Compare
LEA Lear Corporation $6.0B 11.2× 10.7× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +23.86% (above 0%: growing) +68.50% (above 0%: growing) 7.57% 4.31% Compare
LKQ LKQ Corporation $5.7B 12.4× 11.2× −2.99% (below 0%: shrinking) −29.33% (below 0%: shrinking) −75.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.76% 6.60%
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. $4.6B 13.1× 17.0× +6.90% (above 0%: growing) +25.58% (above 0%: growing) −10.49% (below 0%: shrinking) 21.72% 15.16% Compare
GNTX Gentex Corporation $4.5B 11.1× 12.4× −1.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +25.58% (above 0%: growing) +22.58% (above 0%: growing) 37.00% 21.70% Compare
DORM Dorman Products, Inc. $3.7B 17.2× 16.1× +0.67% (above 0%: growing) +53.40% (above 0%: growing) +146,375.51% (above 0%: growing) 46.13% 21.34% Compare
ATMU Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. $3.6B 16.9× 16.3× +16.41% (above 0%: growing) +6.85% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) 29.15% 18.41% Compare
Median of peers $5.3B 13.6× 16.1× +3.13% +25.58% +45.54% 25.43% 11.86%

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LKQ Corporation (LKQ) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $608.0 million, or $2.36 per share (basic), a net margin of 4.45%.
  • LKQ Corporation (LKQ) is an Auto Parts company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LKQ traded at $22.23, a market capitalization of $5.7 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 12.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 8% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • LKQ Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share, a yield of 5.40%, with a payout ratio of 66.7%.
  • Return on equity was 9.64% and debt-to-equity 0.61.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.57 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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