LKQ stock analysis
LKQ (LKQ1) Stock Price & Analysis
LKQ1 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 17.65 - EUR 18.39
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 15.31 - EUR 29.40
- Previous Close
- EUR 18.19
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 215
- Market Cap
- EUR 4.59B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 10.56B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 319.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 5.08B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 20.0
- Beta
- 0.55
- Next Earnings
- Feb 25, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.33
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 6.07%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Scale And Market Position
LKQ’s broad scale, leading positions, and global distribution network support part availability, customer reach, and purchasing leverage. These capabilities can reinforce repeat business with repair customers and create a durable platform for operational improvements across regions.
North America Margin Resilience
North America remains an important stabilizing business, producing margin expansion despite a 2.4% organic revenue decline. Strategic pricing, lower SG&A, and improved gross margin indicate that LKQ retains operational levers to protect profitability in its core market.
Cash Generation And Liquidity
Strong quarterly cash conversion gives LKQ resources to fund operations, manage its debt obligations, and invest in corrective actions. Combined with reported liquidity and no significant borrowings due until 2028, this supports financial flexibility through the recovery period.
Bears Say
European Profitability Deterioration
Europe is experiencing a substantial and potentially persistent earnings setback, with lower revenue, gross-margin compression, and higher SG&A intensity. The scale of EBITDA decline reduces consolidated profitability and makes successful operational repair essential to restoring prior earnings power.
Revenue And Earnings Contraction
The simultaneous decline in revenue and adjusted earnings shows that LKQ’s current weakness is affecting both demand and profitability rather than reflecting a single isolated charge. Sustained contraction can limit reinvestment capacity and weaken operating leverage across the business.
Leadership And Guidance Uncertainty
Suspended guidance and a recent CEO transition increase uncertainty around operating execution, strategic priorities, and the timing of recovery. Until the new leadership team establishes a credible plan, customers, employees, and investors may face less visibility into medium-term performance.
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Company Description
LKQ
LKQ Corporation, established in 1998 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in distributing replacement parts and systems essential for vehicle repair and maintenance. Its operations are structured across three primary segments: North America, Europe, and Specialty. The company's extensive product catalog includes a wide array of items for collision repair, such as bumper covers, automotive body panels, lighting, and automotive glass products like windshields. It also supplies salvaged mechanical and collision components, including engines, transmissions, door assemblies, and sheet metal parts like hoods, fenders, and trunk lids, alongside scrap metal for recycling. For mechanical repairs, the company offers a comprehensive range of products, including brake components (pads, discs, sensors), clutches, steering and suspension systems, filters, various automotive fluids, and electrical items such as spark plugs and batteries. Additionally, its Specialty offerings encompass recreational vehicle appliances and air conditioners, towing hitches, truck bed covers, vehicle protection products, cargo management solutions, wheels, tires, and specialized suspension products. LKQ caters to a broad customer base, including collision and mechanical repair shops, new and used car dealerships, and individual retail consumers. Its market presence spans numerous countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Taiwan, and various other European nations.
- Sector
- Consumercyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Parts
- CEO
- Justin L. Jude
- Employees
- 44,000
- Website
- www.lkqcorp.com
- Address
- 5846 Crossings Blvd, Antioch, TN, 37013, US
LKQ (LKQ1) Earnings & Revenues
LKQ1 Company Deck
LKQ1 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentNegative
The call included meaningful strengths in North American margins, alternative-part utilization, specialty revenue growth, cash flow, liquidity, and the stated recovery of German operational metrics. However, these positives were outweighed by the consolidated revenue and earnings declines, substantial European revenue and EBITDA deterioration, customer and market-share losses, impairment charges, leadership changes, and the suspension of full-year guidance. Management acknowledged the issues and outlined corrective actions, but the overall tone was focused on stabilization and recovery from significant current challenges.
View all DE:LKQ1 earnings summariesLKQ1 Net sales Breakdown
- 40.15% Wholesale - North America
- 44.63% Europe
- 11.54% Specialty
- 3.71% Self Service
- -0.03% Eliminations
LKQ1 Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 1 | 0 | 11 |
