Roth Capital Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for LKQ

LKQ Co. (NASDAQ:LKQ) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of LKQ in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now forecasts that the auto parts company will post earnings of $1.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.04. The consensus estimate for LKQ’s current full-year earnings is $3.43 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for LKQ’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.82 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.57 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.98 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on LKQ. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on LKQ from $50.00 to $48.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. StockNews.com downgraded LKQ from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on LKQ from $53.00 to $47.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 target price on shares of LKQ in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on LKQ from $50.00 to $48.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $52.40.

LKQ Trading Up 6.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:LKQ opened at $41.75 on Thursday. LKQ has a 12-month low of $35.56 and a 12-month high of $53.68. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $38.75. The company has a market capitalization of $10.85 billion, a PE ratio of 15.58 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.72, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69.

LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The auto parts company reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.04. LKQ had a return on equity of 15.15% and a net margin of 4.90%.

Insider Buying and Selling at LKQ

In other LKQ news, Director Dominick P. Zarcone sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.14, for a total transaction of $180,700.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 369,462 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,352,356.68. The trade was a 1.34 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 20,000 shares of company stock worth $781,500. 0.55% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of LKQ

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora lifted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora now owns 44,169 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $1,623,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA lifted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 31.2% in the 3rd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,256 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 299 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 0.3% in the 3rd 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 during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 1.0% in the 4th 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 during the period. Finally, Cromwell Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in shares of LKQ by 81.0% in the 4th 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.63% of the company’s stock.

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.