Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) is -2.38% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $104.62 and a high of $164.45 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GPC stock was last observed hovering at around $105.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 8.44%.
Currently trading at $113.98, the stock is -3.90% and -5.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.58 million and changing 8.00% at the moment leaves the stock -10.92% off its SMA200. GPC registered -24.22% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $120.469 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $127.95205.
The stock witnessed a -7.77% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.26%, and is -5.07% down 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 6.07% over the week and 3.15% over the month.
Genuine Parts Co (GPC) has around 63000 employees, a market worth around $15.82B and $23.49B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.62 and Fwd P/E is 13.02. Profit margin for the company is 3.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.95% and -30.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (9.48%).
with sales reaching $5.83B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -3.28% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.38% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.79% in year-over-year returns.
1404.0 institutions hold shares in Genuine Parts Co (GPC), with institutional investors hold 84.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 138.78M, and float is at 138.35M with Short Float at 3.20%. Institutions hold 84.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 17.15 million shares valued at $2.37 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2629 of the GPC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 10.83 million shares valued at $1.5 billion to account for 7.7712 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 7.44 million shares representing 5.3409 and valued at over $1.04 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.3422 of the shares totaling 3.26 million with a market value of $450.28 million.
Genuine Parts Co (GPC) Insider Activity
Genuine Parts Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 05 ’25 that NEEDHAM WENDY B (Director) sold a total of 4,024 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 05 ’25 and was made at $123.28 per share for $0.5 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 7333.0 shares of the GPC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 13 ’24, WENDY B NEEDHAM (Director) Proposed Sale 1,608 shares at an average price of $120.78 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Genuine Parts Co (GPC).
