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The price of Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) closed at $126.53 in the last session, down -1.43% from day before closing price of $128.37. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.87 million shares were traded. GPC stock price reached its highest trading level at $127.79 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $124.645.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GPC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 40.81 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 131.83. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.51 and its Current Ratio is at 1.14. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.13.
On April 04, 2025, Evercore ISI Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was In-line but kept the price unchanged to $135.
Goldman Downgraded its Neutral to Sell on April 01, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $114.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 26 ’25 when Krishna Naveen sold 5,303 shares for $138.12 per share. The transaction valued at 732,450 led to the insider holds 26,112 shares of the business.
NAVEEN KRISHNA bought 5,304 shares of GPC for $732,573 on Sep 26 ’25. On Mar 05 ’25, another insider, WENDY B NEEDHAM, who serves as the Board Member of the company, bought 4,024 shares for $123.28 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GPC now has a Market Capitalization of 17601650688 and an Enterprise Value of 23843194880. As of this moment, Genuine’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.80, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.05. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.80. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.73 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.68. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.991 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.348.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPC is 0.75, which has changed by 0.043743372 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12529528 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPC has reached a high of $143.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $104.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.67%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GPC traded on average about 1.16M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1075910 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 139.11M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 138.54M. Insiders hold about 0.41% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.02% stake in the company. Shares short for GPC as of 1763078400 were 4348126 with a Short Ratio of 3.76, compared to 1760486400 on 5368800. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4348126 and a Short% of Float of 3.1400003.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for GPC is 4.12, which was 4.09 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03186103. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.69. The current Payout Ratio is 61.80% for GPC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-05 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-05. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-04-15 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 9.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Genuine Parts Co (GPC) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.01, with high estimates of $2.1 and low estimates of $1.94.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $7.71 and $7.55 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $7.63. EPS for the following year is $8.4, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $8.5 and $8.25.
Revenue Estimates
According to 9 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $6.06B. It ranges from a high estimate of $6.11B to a low estimate of $6.03B. As of. The current estimate, Genuine Parts Co’s year-ago sales were $5.77BFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $6.16B. There is a high estimate of $6.3B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $6.05B.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GPC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $24.4B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $24.32B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $24.35B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $23.49BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $25.23B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $25.49B and the low estimate is $24.91B.
