A new trading day began on Friday, with LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) stock price down -0.32% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $37.67. LKQ’s price has ranged from $35.57 to $53.68 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Cyclical sector was 3.39%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -10.48%. With a float of $258.16 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $267.20 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 49000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.09%, operating margin of 8.95%, and the pretax margin is 6.7%.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Auto Parts Industry. The insider ownership of LKQ Corp is 0.69%, while institutional ownership is 99.08%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.84 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.83 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -10.48% 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
Here are LKQ Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.67. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.67. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.05.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.70, a number that is poised to hit 0.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of LKQ Corp (LKQ)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.9 million, its volume of 3.15 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.99%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.92.
During the past 100 days, LKQ Corp’s (LKQ) raw stochastic average was set at 17.89%, which indicates a significant increase from 6.36% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.86% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.47% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $39.99, while its 200-day Moving Average is $44.43. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $38.45 in the near term. At $39.36, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $39.88. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $37.03, it is likely to go to the next support level at $36.51. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $35.60.
LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 9.76 billion, the company has a total of 266,776K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 13,866 M while annual income is 936,000 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,584 M while its latest quarter income was 191,000 K.
