LKQ Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (LKQ | NASDAQ:LKQ)

Since forming in 1998 to consolidate the auto salvage business in the United States, LKQ has developed into a leading distributor of aftermarket and recycled auto parts with around 1,500 facilities across North America and Europe. The company primarily sells into the professional channel and offers an assortment of collision and mechanical parts to both body shops and mechanical repair shops. It also continues to operate more than 70 LKQ pick-your-part junkyards. Separate from the self-service business, LKQ usually purchases around 250,000 salvage vehicles annually that are used to extract vehicle parts for resale.

LKQ trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol LKQ.

As of February 20, 2026, LKQ stock price climbed to $34.10 with 2,695,148 million shares trading.

LKQ has a beta of 0.31, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. LKQ has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

LKQ has a market cap of $8.73 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter LKQ reported $3 billion in Revenue and $.59 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $63 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.06.

In the last 3 years, LKQ traded as high as $59.38 and as low as $28.13.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that LKQ belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, VB, VBR, VXF.

LKQ has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -15.4% while the SPY ETF gained +14.1%. However, in the short term, LKQ had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +18.6% vs +6.0% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, LKQ shares have been beat by the market, returning -1.4% compared to an SPY return of -0.2%.

LKQ support price is $32.75 and resistance is $34.29 (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 LKQ shares will trade within this expected range on the day.