LKQ Corporation
General ticker "LKQ" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Parts
- Capitalization: $8.2B (TTM average)
LKQ Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -25.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 24.56$, high 25.31$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-20, amount 0.30$ (Y4.85%)
- Total employees count: 44000 (-6.4%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 47.6% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Supply chain disruptions, Consumer spending decline, Market competition, Geopolitical risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [20.57$, 35.55$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [19.65$, 33.98$]
Financial Metrics affecting the LKQ estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 9.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 13.67 > 13.08
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.27
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.88 <= 3.34
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.79
- Negative: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 43.19 <= 63.63
- Positive: 5.56 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.29
- Negative: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.56 > 0.27
- Positive: 0.01 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 0.13
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $13,866.00MM | $14,355.00MM | $13,651.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $12,509.00MM | $13,156.00MM | $12,658.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,357.00MM | $1,199.00MM | $993.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-107.00MM | $-233.00MM | $-193.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $191.00MM | $238.00MM | $224.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,250.00MM | $966.00MM | $800.00MM |
| Taxes | $306.00MM | $273.00MM | $204.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $19.00MM | $32.00MM | $12.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $938.00MM | $690.00MM | $607.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $6,167.00MM | $6,017.00MM | $6,537.00MM |
| Inventory | $3,121.00MM | $3,220.00MM | $3,426.00MM |
| Assets | $15,079.00MM | $14,955.00MM | $15,137.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,356.00MM | $1,121.00MM | $1,063.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $358.00MM | $311.00MM | $216.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,442.00MM | $-406.00MM | $185.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $1,102.00MM | $-746.00MM | $-1,191.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.51 | $2.62 | $2.37 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.