Growth Metrics

Lkq (LKQ) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2026)

Lkq's quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.8 in Q1 2026, up 41.39% year-on-year from 0.57 in Q1 2025, and down 389.17% quarter-over-quarter from 0.28 in Q4 2025.

Lkq has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 6 years, with the latest figure at 0.8 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 41.39% year-over-year to 0.8; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.38 (down 27.58% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.37, down 6.77% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.8, down from 0.28 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.92 in Q4 2023, with the low at 1.37 in Q1 2025.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.2, with a median of 0.28 recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio surged 236.52% in 2024 and slumped 415.92% in 2025.
  • Tracing LKQ's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.45 in 2022, then soared by 106.28% to 0.92 in 2023, then sank by 43.07% to 0.52 in 2024, then slumped by 47.01% to 0.28 in 2025, then tumbled by 389.17% to 0.8 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.8 (Q1 2026), 0.28 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 77.46 Bn 77.21 Bn 2.35 Bn -
2 Autozone 56.88 Bn 56.59 Bn 2.24 Bn -
3 Genuine Parts 13.45 Bn 12.97 Bn 2.34 Bn -4.21
4 Modine Manufacturing 13.16 Bn 13.07 Bn 186.10 Mn -
5 Borgwarner 13.07 Bn 13.23 Bn 677.00 Mn 3.89
6 Aptiv 11.89 Bn 8.82 Bn 920.00 Mn -0.01
7 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn -0.15
8 Allison Transmission Holdings 9.02 Bn 8.71 Bn 406.00 Mn 0.17
9 Autoliv 9.01 Bn 8.66 Bn 526.00 Mn -0.40
10 Lkq 6.87 Bn 6.56 Bn 1.33 Bn -0.80

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.80
Dec 31, 2025 0.28
Sep 30, 2025 0.20
Jun 30, 2025 0.32
Mar 31, 2025 -1.37
Dec 31, 2024 0.52
Sep 30, 2024 0.21
Jun 30, 2024 0.60
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.92
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.18
Mar 31, 2023 0.48
Dec 31, 2022 0.45
Sep 30, 2022 0.30
Jun 30, 2022 0.25
Mar 31, 2022 0.20
Dec 31, 2021 -0.47