Genuine Parts vs LKQ
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The short version
- Genuine Parts is the larger business, with $24.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $13.7B for LKQ, about 1.8 times as much.
- Genuine Parts grew revenue faster (3.5%, against −1.2%).
- LKQ turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.2% FCF margin, against 1.7%).
| Latest fiscal year | GPC · FY25 | LKQ · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $17.0B | $4.4B |
| Revenue | $24.3B | $13.7B |
| Free cash flow | $421M | $847M |
| Net income | $65.9M | $608M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 3.5% | −1.2% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | 3.3% |
| Share count change | −0.3% | −2.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 38.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 4.5% |
| FCF margin | 1.7% | 6.2% |
| Return on capital | 2.4% | — |
| Return on equity | 1.5% | 9.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $5.3B | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.0x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $564M | $469M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 9.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | — |
Revenue
FY16
GPC $15.3B
LKQ $8.6B
FY17
GPC $16.3B
LKQ $9.7B
FY18
GPC $16.8B
LKQ $11.9B
FY19
GPC $17.5B
LKQ $12.5B
FY20
GPC $16.5B
LKQ $11.6B
FY21
GPC $18.9B
LKQ $13.1B
FY22
GPC $22.1B
LKQ $12.8B
FY23
GPC $23.1B
LKQ $13.3B
FY24
GPC $23.5B
LKQ $13.8B
FY25
GPC $24.3B
LKQ $13.7B
GPC
LKQ
Operating margin
FY16
GPC 8.0%
LKQ 8.9%
FY17
GPC 7.7%
LKQ 8.7%
FY18
GPC 8.5%
LKQ 7.4%
FY19
GPC —
LKQ 7.2%
FY20
GPC —
LKQ 8.5%
FY21
GPC —
LKQ 11.3%
FY22
GPC —
LKQ 12.4%
FY23
GPC —
LKQ 10.0%
FY24
GPC —
LKQ 8.3%
FY25
GPC —
LKQ 7.3%
GPC
LKQ
Free cash flow
FY16
GPC $785M
LKQ $428M
FY17
GPC $658M
LKQ $340M
FY18
GPC $919M
LKQ $461M
FY19
GPC $614M
LKQ $798M
FY20
GPC $1.9B
LKQ $1.3B
FY21
GPC $992M
LKQ $1.1B
FY22
GPC $1.1B
LKQ $1.0B
FY23
GPC $923M
LKQ $998M
FY24
GPC $684M
LKQ $810M
FY25
GPC $421M
LKQ $847M
GPC
LKQ
Return on capital
FY16
GPC 21.2%
LKQ —
FY17
GPC 15.1%
LKQ —
FY18
GPC 17.0%
LKQ —
FY19
GPC 10.9%
LKQ —
FY20
GPC 4.0%
LKQ —
FY21
GPC 18.7%
LKQ —
FY22
GPC 21.2%
LKQ —
FY23
GPC 19.9%
LKQ —
FY24
GPC 12.7%
LKQ —
FY25
GPC 2.4%
LKQ —
GPC
LKQ
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.