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Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) vs LKQ Corporation (LKQ)

Autoliv, Inc. and LKQ Corporation are both Auto Parts companies. Autoliv, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.5B against $5.7B — 1.5× the size. LKQ Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 12.4× against 13.6×. Autoliv, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.90% against 3.31%. Autoliv, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.79% vs 3.37%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 5.38%). Both pay a dividend; LKQ Corporation yields more (5.40% vs 3.00%). Across the 22 metrics below, LKQ Corporation leads on 12 and Autoliv, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
P/E 13.61 12.35 17.38
P/S 0.78 0.41 0.50
P/B 3.44 0.87 1.13
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.06 12.54
EV/EBITDA 7.07 6.95 7.70
EV/Sales 0.93 0.68 0.70
Earnings yield 7.35% 8.10% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield (1.92%) 11.04% 3.19%

Profitability

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
Gross margin 19.23% 38.34% 22.64%
Operating margin 9.17% 6.35% 3.67%
Net margin 5.79% 3.37% 1.68%
Free cash flow margin (1.49%) 4.57% 2.31%
Return on equity 25.79% 7.08% 2.35%
Return on assets 7.56% 2.98% 0.89%
Return on invested capital 15.26% 5.38% 4.55%

Growth

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.90% 3.31% 5.00%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.78% (10.31%) 5.56%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.75% 3.26% 7.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 31.49% (0.99%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
Debt to equity 0.81 0.61 0.44
Current ratio 1.03 1.58 1.78
Net debt to EBITDA 1.04 2.29 1.26

Dividend

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
Dividend yield 3.00% 5.40% 2.02%
Payout ratio 0.41 0.67 0.34

Size

Metric ALV LKQ Auto Parts median
Market cap 8.49b 5.66b 915.23m

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