LKQ (LKQ) Competitors

LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) and Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, LKQ or GPC?

LKQ has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LKQ or GPC a better dividend stock?

LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. LKQ pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genuine Parts pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LKQ or GPC?

95.6% of LKQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of LKQ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LKQ or GPC more profitable?

LKQ has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 3.85%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 25.28% beat LKQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LKQ	4.90%	15.15%	6.14%
Genuine Parts	3.85%	25.28%	5.94%

Do analysts rate LKQ or GPC?

LKQ presently has a consensus price target of $52.60, indicating a potential upside of 29.91%. Genuine Parts has a consensus price target of $137.63, indicating a potential upside of 13.11%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LKQ is more favorable than Genuine Parts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LKQ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Genuine Parts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LKQ or GPC?

Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than LKQ. LKQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuine Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LKQ	$13.87B	0.76	$936M	$2.68	15.11
Genuine Parts	$23.49B	0.72	$1.32B	$6.47	18.81

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LKQ or GPC?

LKQ received 169 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 47.79% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LKQ	Outperform Votes 483 70.41%	Underperform Votes 203 29.59%
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 314 47.79%	Underperform Votes 343 52.21%

Does the media refer more to LKQ or GPC?

In the previous week, Genuine Parts had 5 more articles in the media than LKQ. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Genuine Parts and 45 mentions for LKQ. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat LKQ's score of 0.65 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LKQ	15 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Genuine Parts	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

LKQ beats Genuine Parts on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.