Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Genuine Parts Company GPC
$127.24 +1.69% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $17.54B
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.24, down 95.9% year over year.
- At 530.2× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Net debt is 8.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth62Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 37%
Quality49Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 40%
- Gross marginTop 49%
- Operating marginBottom 37%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Interest coverTop 39%
Value19Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 2%
Momentum65Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 48%
- 6-month returnTop 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 50%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions14Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 24%
Stability66Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.8% | 5.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -92.9% | -95.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 36.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 4.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 3.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.5% | 4.8% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -95.9% | -92.9% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 36.9% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 5.8% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.0% | 1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.0% | — | Top 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.2% | — | Top 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -31.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.27×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.28%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.08%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 21, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -3.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $145.75
- Target vs current price
- +14.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | +3.4% | -2.7% | +4.3% | +8.3% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +1.1% | +2.1% | -5.4% | -17.2% | +11.6% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -14.8% | -14.6% | -21.1% | -29.3% | -31.5% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | -2.0% | +2.0% | -0.3% | -4.0% | +3.3% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | +1.9% | +7.6% | +7.4% | +10.7% | +7.9% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +4.2% | +2.8% | +5.1% | +15.4% | +10.5% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +3.9% | -2.6% | -2.2% | -1.1% | -3.0% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | -22.3% | -21.0% | -17.3% | -13.2% | -17.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | $2.15 | $2.08 | +3.4% | $6.54B |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $1.77 | $1.75 | +1.1% | $6.26B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $1.55 | $1.82 | -14.8% | $6.00B |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $1.98 | $2.02 | -2.0% | $6.26B |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $2.10 | $2.06 | +1.9% | $6.16B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $1.75 | $1.68 | +4.2% | $5.87B |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.61 | $1.55 | +3.9% | $5.77B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $1.88 | $2.42 | -22.3% | $5.97B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 530.2× | 19.3× | 100th | Bottom 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 32.1× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| EV / Sales | 0.94× | — | — | Top 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.33% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Earnings yield | 0.19% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.6× – 496.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -7.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -95.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +2063.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 52
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +6.1%
- RSI (14)
- 42.4
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2022 | May 19, 2026 | -50.6% | 866 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 | -15.5% | 42 days | 64 days (Jun 7, 2022) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -13.3% | 12 days | 20 days (Mar 1, 2021) |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.1% | 5 days | 47 days (Jan 6, 2021) |
| May 10, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | -11.4% | 86 days | 29 days (Oct 21, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $17.54B
- P/E (TTM)
- 530.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $25.07B
- Dividend yield
- 3.31%
- 52-week range
- $90.78 – $151.57
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.87B | $22.10B | $23.09B | $23.49B | $24.30B |
| Gross profit | $6.63B | $7.74B | $8.29B | $8.52B | $8.40B |
| Operating income | $1.16B | $1.61B | $1.75B | $1.44B | $1.21B |
| Net income | $898.8M | $1.18B | $1.32B | $904.1M | $65.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.23 | $8.31 | $9.33 | $6.47 | $0.47 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.97B | $5.77B | $5.87B | $6.16B | $6.26B | $6.01B | $6.26B | $6.54B |
| Net income | $226.6M | $133.1M | $194.4M | $254.9M | $226.2M | -$609.5M | $188.5M | $227.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.62 | $0.96 | $1.40 | $1.83 | $1.62 | -$4.39 | $1.37 | $1.64 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.26B | $1.47B | $1.44B | $1.25B | $890.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$266.1M | -$339.6M | -$512.7M | -$567.3M | -$469.8M |
| Free cash flow | $992.1M | $1.13B | $922.9M | $683.9M | $420.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$465.6M | -$495.9M | -$526.7M | -$554.9M | -$563.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$333.6M | -$222.7M | -$261.5M | -$150.0M | -$16.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $559.1M
- Total assets
- $21.06B
- Total liabilities
- $16.51B
- Total debt
- $6.65B
- Net debt
- $6.09B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.53B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 21, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $1.06 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $1.06 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $1.06 | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $1.03 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $1.03 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $1.03 | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $1.03 | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $1.00 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,895,585
- Days to cover
- 8.66
- Change vs previous report
- +5.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 15, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Apr 20, 1992
- 3-for-2
- May 28, 1987
- 3-for-2
- Apr 10, 1984
- 3-for-2
- Apr 3, 1979
- 3-for-2