LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.38% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $42.56. Over the past 52 weeks, LKQ has traded in a range of $35.57-$54.07.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Cyclical sector saw sales topped by 3.39%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -6.40%. With a float of $261.43 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $267.20 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 49000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.11%, operating margin of 8.95%, and the pretax margin is 6.78%.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Auto Parts Industry. The insider ownership of LKQ Corp is 0.70%, while institutional ownership is 99.49%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 29 ’24, was worth 99,375. In this transaction SVP – General Counsel of this company bought 2,500 shares at a rate of $39.75, taking the stock ownership to the 94,670 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 29 ’24, when Company’s SVP and CFO bought 2,500 for $39.88, making the entire transaction worth $99,700. This insider now owns 58,126 shares in total.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 33.50% during the next five years compared to 18.01% growth over the previous five years of trading.
LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at LKQ Corp’s (LKQ) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.70. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.77. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.86.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.75, a number that is poised to hit 0.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.04 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of LKQ Corp (LKQ)
The latest stats from [LKQ Corp, LKQ] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.13 million was inferior to 1.77 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.22%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.98.
During the past 100 days, LKQ Corp’s (LKQ) raw stochastic average was set at 41.42%, which indicates a significant decrease from 84.06% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.41% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 39.83% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $41.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $45.80. Now, the first resistance to watch is $42.59. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $42.79. The third major resistance level sits at $42.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $42.24, it is likely to go to the next support level at $42.08. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $41.88.
LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 11.16 billion has total of 266,776K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 13,866 M in contrast with the sum of 936,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,711 M and last quarter income was 185,000 K.
