As on Wednesday, Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE: GPC) started slowly as it slid -0.97% to $161.80, before settling in for the price of $163.38 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, GPC posted a 52-week range of $126.35-$174.91.
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The Consumer Cyclical sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 4.72% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 11.14%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 5.85%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $139.57 million, simultaneously with a float of $138.94 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $22.54 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $151.21, while the 200-day Moving Average is $146.16.
Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Specialty Retail industry. Genuine Parts Co.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.26%, in contrast to 80.23% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 20 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 3,250 shares at the rate of 154.92, making the entire transaction reach 503,490 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 14,397. Preceding that transaction, on Jun 02 ’23, Company’s Director bought 2,000 for 151.75, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 303,500. This particular insider is now the holder of 33,162 in total.
Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) Earnings and Revenue Records
Genuine Parts Co.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 5.85% and is forecasted to reach 10.75 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.10% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 11.14% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE: GPC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Genuine Parts Co. (GPC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.59. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.38. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $18.05, and its Beta score is 0.94. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.98. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 22.18.
In the same vein, GPC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 8.97, a figure that is expected to reach 2.60 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 10.75 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Genuine Parts Co. (GPC)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Genuine Parts Co., GPC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 2.21 million was better the volume of 1.06 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 91.84% While, its Average True Range was 3.73.
Raw Stochastic average of Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 91.89%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 87.22% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 45.66% that was higher than 23.47% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
