2.16% volatility in Genuine Parts Co (GPC) last month: This is a red flag warning

On Tuesday, Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) was 0.96% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $116.18. A 52-week range for GPC has been $112.74 – $164.45.

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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Cyclical sector saw sales topped by 4.72%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -13.13%. With a float of $138.52 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $139.08 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 60000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.61%, operating margin of 6.56%, and the pretax margin is 6.13%.

Genuine Parts Co (GPC) Insider Updates

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Genuine Parts Co stocks. The insider ownership of Genuine Parts Co is 0.37%, while institutional ownership is 81.90%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 13 ’24, was worth 194,213. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 13 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 1,608 for $120.78, making the entire transaction worth $194,214. This insider now owns 11,357 shares in total.

Genuine Parts Co (GPC) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.04 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -13.13% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.10% during the next five years compared to 11.14% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Genuine Parts Co (GPC) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.57. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.70. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.10.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.77, a number that is poised to hit 1.56 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.49 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Genuine Parts Co (GPC)

The latest stats from [Genuine Parts Co, GPC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.41 million was superior to 1.07 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 26.67%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.79.

During the past 100 days, Genuine Parts Co’s (GPC) raw stochastic average was set at 14.33%, which indicates a significant decrease from 27.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.28% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 43.75% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $123.09, while its 200-day Moving Average is $139.07. Now, the first resistance to watch is $117.86. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $118.44. The third major resistance level sits at $119.59. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $116.14, it is likely to go to the next support level at $114.99. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $114.42.

Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) Key Stats

There are 139,036K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 16.31 billion. As of now, sales total 23,091 M while income totals 1,317 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,970 M while its last quarter net income were 226,580 K.