LKQ Corp (LKQ) EPS is poised to hit 0.75 next quarter: How Investors Can Make It Count the Most?

LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) open the trading on Wednesday, with a bit cautious approach as it glided -0.16% to $37.31, before settling in for the price of $37.37 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, LKQ posted a 52-week range of $35.57-$53.68.

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The Consumer Cyclical sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 3.39% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 18.01%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -10.48%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $267.20 million, simultaneously with a float of $258.16 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $9.70 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $39.79, while the 200-day Moving Average is $44.29.

LKQ Corp (LKQ) Ownership Facts and Figures

Sometimes it helps to make our mind if we keep our tabs on how bigger investors are working with the stock of the Auto Parts industry. LKQ Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.69%, in contrast to 99.28% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jul 29 ’24, this organization’s SVP – General Counsel bought 2,500 shares at the rate of 39.75, making the entire transaction reach 99,375 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 94,670. Preceding that transaction, on Jul 29 ’24, Company’s SVP and CFO bought 2,500 for 39.88, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 99,700. This particular insider is now the holder of 58,126 in total.

LKQ Corp (LKQ) Earnings and Revenue Records

LKQ Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -10.48% and is forecasted to reach 3.68 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 33.50% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 18.01% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for LKQ Corp (LKQ). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.67. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.86. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $13.82, and its Beta score is 1.28. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.67. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 12.97.

In the same vein, LKQ’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 2.70, a figure that is expected to reach 0.75 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.68 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of LKQ Corp (LKQ)

[LKQ Corp, LKQ] recent stats showed that its last 5-days Average volume was superior the volume it posted in the year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 9.23% While, its Average True Range was 0.85.

Raw Stochastic average of LKQ Corp (LKQ) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 15.72%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 4.77% 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 19.86% that was lower than 30.52% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.