lkq corp. - LKQ

LKQ

Close Chg Chg %
40.03 0.06 0.15%

Open Market

40.09

+0.06 (0.15%)

Volume: 767.28K

Last Updated:

May 9, 2025, 3:20 PM EDT

Company Overview: lkq corp. - LKQ

LKQ Key Data

Open

$39.90

Day Range

39.81 - 40.16

52 Week Range

35.56 - 46.63

Market Cap

$10.33B

Shares Outstanding

258.15M

Public Float

256.53M

Beta

0.98

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

14.96

EPS

$2.68

Yield

299.78%

Dividend

$0.30

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

May 15, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.49M

 

LKQ Performance

1 Week
 
1.75%
 
1 Month
 
-4.71%
 
3 Months
 
7.46%
 
1 Year
 
-9.45%
 
5 Years
 
52.32%
 

LKQ Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 11
Full Ratings ➔

About lkq corp. - LKQ

LKQ Corp. is a distributor of vehicle products and its parts to repair, maintain, and accessorize automobiles. It operates through the following segments: Wholesale-North America, Europe, Specialty, and Self Service. The Wholesale-North America segment consists of aftermarket and salvage operations and sells five product types to professional collision and mechanical vehicle repair businesses. The Europe segment offers aftermarket operations. The Specialty segment distributes specialty vehicle aftermarket products and accessories in North America. The Self Service segment refers to retail operations and allows consumers to come directly to the yard to pick parts of salvage vehicles. The company was founded by Donald F. Flynn on February 13, 1998 and is headquartered in Antioch, TN.

LKQ At a Glance

LKQ Corp.
5846 Crossings Boulevard
Antioch, Tennessee 37013
Phone 1-615-781-5200 Revenue 14.36B
Industry Automotive Aftermarket Net Income 690.00M
Sector Consumer Durables 2024 Sales Growth 3.527%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 47,000
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LKQ Valuation

P/E Current 14.964
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 14.056
Price to Sales Ratio 0.676
Price to Book Ratio 1.583
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 8.651
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 8.622
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.051
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.372

LKQ Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 305,425.532
Income Per Employee 14,680.851
Receivables Turnover 12.794
Total Asset Turnover 0.956

LKQ Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.714
Quick Ratio 0.589
Cash Ratio 0.082

LKQ Profitability

Gross Margin 36.677
Operating Margin 9.363
Pretax Margin 6.674
Net Margin 4.807
Return on Assets 4.595
Return on Equity 11.326
Return on Total Capital 5.935
Return on Invested Capital 6.178

LKQ Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 93.219
Total Debt to Total Capital 48.245
Total Debt to Total Assets 37.506
Long-Term Debt to Equity 88.649
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 45.88
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Annual Financials for Lkq Corp. - LKQ

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
13.09B 12.79B 13.87B 14.36B
Sales Growth
+12.55% -2.25% +8.38% +3.53%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
8.03B 7.81B 8.57B 9.09B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
284.00M 264.00M 319.00M 406.00M
Depreciation
179.62M 169.00M 193.00M 224.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
104.38M 95.00M 126.00M 182.00M
COGS Growth
+9.93% -2.72% +9.76% +6.07%
Gross Income
5.06B 4.99B 5.30B 5.26B
Gross Income Growth
+16.97% -1.51% +6.22% -0.59%
Gross Profit Margin
+38.68% +38.97% +38.19% +36.68%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
3.57B 3.55B 3.88B 3.92B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
3.57B 3.55B 3.88B 3.92B
SGA Growth
+9.23% -0.58% +9.21% +1.16%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
45.67M 20.00M 71.00M 150.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.45B 1.42B 1.35B 1.19B
Non Operating Income/Expense
23.28M 179.00M 100.00M 26.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
71.43M 78.00M 214.00M 262.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-35.54% +9.20% +174.36% +22.43%
Gross Interest Expense
71.43M 78.00M 214.00M 262.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.40B 1.52B 1.24B 958.00M
Pretax Income Growth
+58.09% +8.50% -18.64% -22.43%
Pretax Margin
+10.69% +11.86% +8.91% +6.67%
Income Tax
330.59M 385.00M 306.00M 273.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
242.03M 272.00M 176.00M 167.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
115.66M 107.00M 117.00M 140.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(2.17M) (2.00M) 13.00M (25.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- (24.93M) 8.00M (9.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
1.09B 1.14B 944.00M 693.00M
Minority Interest Expense
1.25M 1.00M 2.00M 3.00M
Net Income
1.09B 1.14B 942.00M 690.00M
Net Income Growth
+70.72% +4.84% -17.59% -26.75%
Net Margin Growth
+8.33% +8.93% +6.79% +4.81%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - 648.00K 6.00M
-
Discontinued Operations
- - 648.00K 6.00M
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.09B 1.15B 942.00M 690.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.09B 1.15B 942.00M 690.00M
EPS (Basic)
3.675 4.1465 3.5202 2.6176
EPS (Basic) Growth
+75.36% +12.83% -15.10% -25.64%
Basic Shares Outstanding
296.84M 277.10M 267.60M 263.60M
EPS (Diluted)
3.6641 4.1331 3.511 2.6146
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+75.05% +12.80% -15.05% -25.53%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
297.72M 278.00M 268.30M 263.90M
EBITDA
1.78B 1.70B 1.74B 1.75B
EBITDA Growth
+30.68% -4.27% +2.23% +0.63%
EBITDA Margin
+13.58% +13.30% +12.54% +12.19%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 53.00
Number of Ratings 11 Current Quarters Estimate 0.923
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 3.524
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.79 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.48 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 3.826
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 7 7 7 7
Mean Estimate 0.92 0.94 3.52 3.83
High Estimates 0.96 0.98 3.55 3.90
Low Estimate 0.91 0.90 3.48 3.72
Coefficient of Variance 2.16 2.85 0.79 1.55

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 5 4 5
OVERWEIGHT 4 5 3
HOLD 2 2 2
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Lkq Corp. - LKQ

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 2, 2025 Dominick Paul Zarcone Director 321,135 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $42.15 per share 13,535,840.25
Mar 11, 2025 Rick Galloway SVP and CFO 77,268 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 3,265,345.68
Mar 11, 2025 Walter P. Hanley SVP - Business Development 108,474 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 4,584,111.24
Mar 11, 2025 Genevieve L. Dombrowski SVP -- Human Resources 35,688 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 1,508,174.88
Mar 11, 2025 John R Meyne President of Wholesale - NA 44,670 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 1,887,754.20
Mar 11, 2025 Michael S. Clark SVP - Policy & Administration 105,124 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 4,442,540.24
Mar 11, 2025 Matthew J. Mckay SVP - General Counsel 111,210 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 4,699,734.60
Mar 11, 2025 Dominick Paul Zarcone Director 336,135 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $42.32 per share 14,225,233.20
Mar 6, 2025 Andrew Hamilton President of LKQ Europe 75,102 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 3,173,810.52
Mar 6, 2025 Justin L. Jude President and CEO; Director 278,069 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.26 per share 11,751,195.94
Jan 17, 2025 Todd Gregory Cunningham VP, Finance and Controller 14,832 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $36.97 per share 548,339.04
Jul 30, 2024 Andrew C. Clarke Director 10,519 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $39.7 per share 417,604.30
May 10, 2024 Patrick Berard Director 16,567 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $44.5 per share 737,231.50
May 10, 2024 Guhan Subramanian Director 60,716 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 10, 2024 Blythe J. McGarvie Director 27,589 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 10, 2024 Patrick Berard Director 17,434 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 10, 2024 Xavier Urbain Director 15,606 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $44.5 per share 694,467.00
May 10, 2024 Xavier Urbain Director 16,473 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 10, 2024 Jody Greenstone Miller Director 26,348 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 10, 2024 Jody Greenstone Miller Director 22,639 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $46.55 per share 1,053,845.45

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