GPC vs MNRO vs LKQ Stock Comparison

Genuine Parts, Monro and Lkq Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GPC Genuine Parts Co
$121.78 -6.0% 1M -7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$16.77B
P/E
540.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.33B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
MNRO Monro, Inc.
$14.16 +3.1% 1M -21.9% 1Y
Market cap
$427.94M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Retail Consumer Discretionary
LKQ Lkq Corp
$17.10 -26.6% 1M -45.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.36B
P/E
9.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.69B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Goods Distributors Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Lkq leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lkq 6, Genuine Parts 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGPCMNROLKQLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.77B $427.94M $4.36B GPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 540.4x — 9.5x LKQ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.9x 118.0x 6.8x LKQ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.3% — +1.3% GPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.1% — 3.4% LKQ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% — 6.3% LKQ
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x — 2.8x LKQ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.3% -21.9% -45.7% GPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.5%/yr -25.5%/yr -21.2%/yr GPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.2% 62.4% 44.1% GPC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 — 60/100 LKQ

Percentile Scorecard

GPCMNROLKQ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGPCMNROLKQ
Valuation 36 #67 of 104 – 87 #14 of 104
Growth 26 #74 of 99 – 11 #88 of 99
Profitability 45 #54 of 98 – 60 #40 of 98
Financial Health 28 #81 of 112 37 #71 of 112 47 #60 of 112
Shareholder Returns 70 #22 of 72 96 #4 of 72 93 #6 of 72
Overall 41 – 60
  • GPC ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • MNRO ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • LKQ ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGPCMNROLKQSPY
1 month -6.0%+3.1%-26.6% -0.2%
3 months -6.2%-17.7%-35.6% +3.9%
6 months +15.5%-16.7%-45.0% +8.2%
Year to date -1.0%-29.3%-43.4% +12.9%
1 year -7.3%-21.9%-45.7% +12.3%
3 years -4.2%-45.6%-60.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year -1.4%-18.4%-26.8% +23.3%
5 years -7.5%-77.1%-69.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -1.5%-25.5%-21.2% +10.9%
10 years +36.6%-74.3%-46.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year +3.2%-12.7%-6.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGPCMNROLKQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.2%62.4%44.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.6%70.3%52.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.481.940.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.21-0.35-1.04 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.6%-82.5%-71.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.4%-40.5%-50.9% -1.2%
52-week high $149.26$23.81$34.80 $779.14
52-week low $92.47$11.27$17.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGPCMNROLKQ
P/E now vs peer median 540.8xmedian 16.7x —median 16.7x 9.4xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.5x —median 0.5x 0.3xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.2xmedian 9.0x —median 9.0x 6.2xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 16.5x —median 16.5x 6.9xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -7.65median 0.72 —median 0.72 -0.44median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGPCMNROLKQ
Revenue $25.33B – $13.69B
Gross profit $9.40B – $5.25B
Operating income $912.67M – $869.00M
Net income $31.04M – $461.00M
Free cash flow $762.85M – $625.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.22 – $1.81
Cash & equivalents $763.15M $14.63M $301.00M
Total debt $5.11B $387.59M $3.93B
Shares (diluted) 138.33M 31.40M 254.70M
Enterprise value $14.47B $390.12M $3.12B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGPCMNROLKQ
P/E 540.8x – 9.4x
P/FCF 22.0x – 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.0x – 5.3x
P/S 0.7x – 0.3x
P/B 3.6x 0.7x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 5.8x 0.7x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA 14.2x – 6.2x
EV/EBIT 23.2x – 9.2x
EV/Revenue 0.8x – 0.6x
EV/FCF 27.7x – 12.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.7x – 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -7.65 – -0.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGPCMNROLKQ
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.3% – 1.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.2% – 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.4% – -0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.5% – -0.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -23.2% – -22.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.3% – -15.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -96.2% – -35.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -70.8% – -23.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -96.1% – -34.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -70.7% – -21.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 79.8% – -13.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.8% – -12.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 471.3% – -7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.9% – -13.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGPCMNROLKQ
Gross margin 37.1% – 38.3%
EBITDA margin 5.9% – 9.4%
Operating margin 3.6% – 6.3%
Pretax margin 0.0% – 4.9%
Net margin 0.1% – 3.4%
FCF margin 3.0% – 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin 4.7% – 6.0%
Return on equity 0.7% – 7.1%
Return on assets 0.1% – 3.1%
Return on invested capital 0.0% – 6.3%
Return on capital employed 7.7% – 7.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x – 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 38.6x – 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% – 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGPCMNROLKQ
Debt / assets 23.8% 6.2% 26.2%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x – 2.8x
Debt / FCF 6.7x – 6.3x
Liabilities / assets 78.3% 62.3% 56.9%
Equity / assets 21.7% 37.7% 43.1%
Interest coverage – – 4.0x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.5x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.34 – 2.31

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGPCMNROLKQ
Dividend yield 3.5% 7.9% 7.0%
Net buyback yield – – 3.1%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 7.9% 10.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGPCMNROLKQ
Forward P/E 16.9xFY2026 118.0xFY2026 6.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.22FY2026 $0.12FY2026 $2.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -2.0%FY2026 -71.4%FY2026 -16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.2% +275.0% +19.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.09BFY2026 $1.18BFY2026 $12.80BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.9%FY2026 +1.9%FY2026 -6.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.4% -2.6% +12.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGPCMNROLKQ
Held by institutions 95.5% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,080 182 533
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.5% -7.2% -1.5%
Institutions buying 492 96 263
Institutions selling 417 65 214
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.48 1.23

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GPCMNROLKQ
GPC 1.00 0.33 0.54
MNRO 0.33 1.00 0.33
LKQ 0.54 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GPC, MNRO and LKQ?

Genuine Parts (GPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Genuine Parts (GPC) $16.77B, Monro (MNRO) $427.94M, Lkq (LKQ) $4.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, GPC, MNRO and LKQ?

Lkq (LKQ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Genuine Parts (GPC) 540.4x, Lkq (LKQ) 9.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lkq (LKQ) is cheapest (Genuine Parts (GPC) 16.9x, Monro (MNRO) 118.0x, Lkq (LKQ) 6.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Genuine Parts (GPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Genuine Parts (GPC) +5.3%, Lkq (LKQ) +1.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lkq (LKQ) has the highest net margin (Genuine Parts (GPC) 0.1%, Lkq (LKQ) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Lkq (LKQ) leads (Genuine Parts (GPC) 0.0%, Lkq (LKQ) 6.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Genuine Parts (GPC) returned the most: Genuine Parts (GPC) -7.3%, Monro (MNRO) -21.9%, Lkq (LKQ) -45.7%. Over five years, Genuine Parts (GPC) compounded fastest (Genuine Parts (GPC) -1.5%/yr, Monro (MNRO) -25.5%/yr, Lkq (LKQ) -21.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Genuine Parts (GPC) has been the steadiest (Genuine Parts (GPC) 34.2%, Monro (MNRO) 62.4%, Lkq (LKQ) 44.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GPC, MNRO and LKQ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lkq (LKQ) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.