Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Consumer Discretionary · $17.9B market cap · SEC CIK 0000040987
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Oct 15, 2026, with analysts expecting $2.08 in earnings per share.
The case for GPC
- Pays a 2.8% dividend while you wait.
- Moves less than the market (beta 0.65).
- Price/sales of 0.7× is lower than 85% of Consumer Discretionary companies.
The case against
- Very expensive at 546.1× earnings. Years of growth are already in the price.
- Earnings per share down 95.7%.
- Return on equity of only 1%.
- Net margin of 0.1% leaves very little room for error.
- Long-term debt of $3.5B against $477M of cash.
What the score is made of
Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Consumer Discretionary companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 27 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 33 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 21 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 60 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 63 |
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 48 Consumer Discretionary companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | 546.1× |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 3.59× |
| Price / sales | 0.7× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +5.5% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -95.7% |
| Gross margin | 37% |
| Operating margin | 1% |
| Net margin | 0% |
| Return on equity | 1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.10× |
| Current ratio | 1.16 |
| Dividend yield | 2.77% |
| Beta | 0.65 |
| 52-week range | $90.78 – $151.57 |
| Position in that range | 64% of the way up |
| 3-month return | +16.3% |
| 1-year return | -7.9% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from Genuine Parts Company's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $24.3B | $23.5B | $23.1B | $22.1B | $18.9B |
| Gross profit | $8.9B | $8.5B | $8.3B | $7.7B | $6.6B |
| Net income | $65.9M | $904M | $1.3B | $1.2B | $899M |
| Operating cash flow | $891M | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.3B |
| Capital expenditure | $470M | $567M | $513M | $340M | $266M |
| Total assets | $20.8B | $19.3B | $18.0B | $16.5B | $14.4B |
| Shareholder equity | $4.4B | $4.3B | $4.4B | $3.8B | $3.5B |
| Cash | $477M | $480M | $1.1B | $653M | $715M |
| Long-term debt | $3.5B | $3.7B | $3.6B | $3.1B | $2.4B |
| Free cash flow | $421M | $684M | $923M | $1.1B | $992M |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 36.3% | 35.9% | 35.0% | 35.2% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 3.8% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 4.8% |
| Diluted shares | 139M | 140M | 141M | 142M | 144M |
Share count is down 3.4% over 4 years. Buybacks have been shrinking the pie.
What Genuine Parts Company says it does
Incorporated in the State of Georgia in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions. We serve our customers from more than 10,800 locations, primarily in North America, Europe, and Australasia (primarily Australia and New Zealand). We offer outstanding service, an industry-leading assortment of replacement parts, extensive supply chain and distribution capabilities, and enhanced technology solutions. As used in this report, "we," "us," "our," "GPC," and the "company" refers to GPC and its subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated by the context; and the terms "automotive parts" and "industrial parts" refer to replacement parts in each respective category. OUR BUSINESS We operate in the automotive aftermarket and industrial parts distribution industries. We are a global company focused on being a preferred employer, supplier, and partner…
Risk factors GPC lists in its 10-K
- Selling, Administrative and Other Expenses ("SG&A")
- Segment EBITDA and Segment EBITDA Margin
- Selling, Administrative and Other Expenses
- Net Income, Adjusted Net Income and Segment EBITDA
- Corporate EBITDA and other Segment Reconciling items
- Adjustment primarily reflects lease and other exit costs related to the ongoing integration of acquired independent automotive stores
- Adjustment reflects a pension charge related to the settlement of our U.S. qualified defined benefit plan (U.S. pension plan)
- Adjustment reflects a charge for expected credit losses on volume purchase rebates and other amounts due from First Brands, a key automotive parts supplier who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Adjustment reflects certain nonroutine charges recorded during the quarter ended December 31, 2025, including a charge related to certain asset retirement obligations
- Amounts are the same as adjustments included within the adjusted net income table above. Depreciation adjustment of $42,021 in 2025 is reflected in Depreciation and amortization
- Consideration Received from Vendors
- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
- Opinion on the Financial Statements
- How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit