GPC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Genuine Parts Company | NYSE:GPC)

Genuine Parts sells aftermarket automotive parts (60% of sales) and industrial products (40% of sales) in the United States and internationally. The automotive segment primarily acts as a distributor to its network of 9,800 global retail locations, of which about two-thirds are independently owned and operated. We estimate Genuine serves around 6,000 retail locations in the US operating under the Napa Auto Parts brand, with about 80% of end-market sales derived from professional customers. Its industrial segment, primarily operating under the Motion name in the United States, is a leading distributor of bearings, power transmission, and other industrial products to more than 200,000 maintenance, repair, and original equipment manufacturer customers.

Genuine Parts Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol GPC.

As of August 28, 2026, GPC stock price climbed to $137.51 with 684,288 million shares trading.

GPC has a beta of 0.61, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. GPC has a correlation of 0.03 to the broad based SPY ETF.

GPC has a market cap of $18.96 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Genuine Parts Company reported $7 billion in Revenue and $2.15 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $110 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.07.

In the last 3 years, GPC traded as high as $164.45 and as low as $90.78.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that GPC belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VB, DVY, RSP.

GPC has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +1.7%, while SPY returned +19.7%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in GPC shares. However, GPC has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +39.6% and +1.8%, while SPY returned +2.2% and -0.9%, respectively. This indicates GPC has been having a stronger performance recently.

GPC support price is $134.29 and resistance is $139.11 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that GPC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.