LKQ Corp (NASDAQ: LKQ) is 13.63% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $35.56 and a high of $53.68 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LKQ stock was last observed hovering at around $41.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.22%.
Currently trading at $41.76, the stock is 7.72% and 10.18% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.94 million and changing 0.53% at the moment leaves the stock 4.56% off its SMA200. LKQ registered -19.97% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.04%.
The stock witnessed a 7.35% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.24%, and is 5.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.23% over the week and 2.36% over the month.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) has around 47000 employees, a market worth around $10.82B and $14.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.97 and Fwd P/E is 10.83. Profit margin for the company is 4.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.44% and -22.21% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.08%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.55% this year
The shares outstanding are 259.10M, and float is at 257.25M with Short Float at 2.52%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 31.45 million shares valued at $$1.31 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.7741 of the LKQ Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 26.49 million shares valued at $$1.1 billion to account for 9.9165 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 13.23 million shares representing 4.9529 and valued at over $$550.2 million, while MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ holds 4.5023 of the shares totaling 11.94 million with a market value of $$496.77 million.
LKQ Corp (LKQ) Insider Activity
LKQ Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 20 ’25 that Zarcone Dominick P (Director) sold a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 20 ’25 and was made at $41.66 per share for $0.42 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.36 million shares of the LKQ stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 03 ’25, Zarcone Dominick P (Director) disposed off 5,000 shares at an average price of $36.14 for $0.18 million. The insider now directly holds 369,462 shares of LKQ Corp (LKQ).
