LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) kicked off on Friday, down -2.09% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $39.72. Over the past 52 weeks, LKQ has traded in a range of $35.57-$53.68.
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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 3.39% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -10.48%. With a float of $258.16 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $261.20 million.
In an organization with 49000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.09%, operating margin of 8.95%, and the pretax margin is 6.7%.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 99.44%. 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) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.85 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
Take a look at LKQ Corp’s (LKQ) current performance indicators. Last quarter, 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 0.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 13.23.
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)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.7 million. That was better than the volume of 1.95 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.97%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.82.
During the past 100 days, LKQ Corp’s (LKQ) raw stochastic average was set at 29.99%, which indicates a significant decrease from 53.56% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.68% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 30.63% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $38.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $43.04. However, in the short run, LKQ Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $39.69. Second resistance stands at $40.48. The third major resistance level sits at $40.93. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $38.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.00. The third support level lies at $37.21 if the price breaches the second support level.
LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 9.90 billion has total of 259,960K 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 3,584 M and last quarter income was 191,000 K.
