What is Barrington Research’s Forecast for LKQ Q1 Earnings?

LKQ Co. (NASDAQ:LKQ) – Equities research analysts at Barrington Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for LKQ in a report issued on Monday, February 24th. Barrington Research analyst G. Prestopino now expects that the auto parts company will post earnings per share of $0.78 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.83. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $60.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for LKQ’s current full-year earnings is $3.57 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for LKQ’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.85 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.93 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.84 EPS.

LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.04. LKQ had a net margin of 4.81% and a return on equity of 14.93%. The firm had revenue of $3.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.42 billion.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on LKQ. StockNews.com cut LKQ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on LKQ from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, LKQ presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $52.60.

LKQ Price Performance

LKQ opened at $41.54 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.71 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $37.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.79. LKQ has a one year low of $35.56 and a one year high of $53.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.86 and a beta of 1.29.

Institutional Trading of LKQ

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LKQ. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora raised its position in shares of LKQ by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora now owns 44,169 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $1,623,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA raised its holdings in LKQ by 31.2% during the 3rd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,256 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 299 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in LKQ by 0.3% in the third quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 103,156 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $4,118,000 after buying an additional 306 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its stake in LKQ by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 34,192 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $1,257,000 after buying an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cromwell Holdings LLC boosted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 81.0% in the fourth quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 742 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 332 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.63% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Dominick P. Zarcone sold 5,000 shares of LKQ stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.14, for a total transaction of $180,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 369,462 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,352,356.68. This trade represents a 1.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 20,000 shares of company stock worth $781,500. Insiders own 0.55% of the company’s stock.

LKQ Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 13th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 13th. LKQ’s payout ratio is 45.80%.

LKQ Company Profile

LKQ Corporation engages in the distribution of replacement parts, components, and systems used in the repair and maintenance of vehicles and specialty vehicle aftermarket products and accessories. It operates through four segments: Wholesale-North America, Europe, Specialty, and Self Service. The company distributes bumper covers, automotive body panels, and lights, as well as mechanical automotive parts and accessories; salvage products, including mechanical and collision parts comprising engines; transmissions; door assemblies; sheet metal products, such as trunk lids, fenders, and hoods; lights and bumper assemblies; scrap metal and other materials to metals recyclers; and brake pads, discs and sensors, clutches, steering and suspension products, filters, and oil and automotive fluids, as well as electrical products, including spark plugs and batteries.