Genuine Parts Co (GPC) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $120.55, with 2.35 million shares of worth about $283.72 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -13.68% during that period and on March 27, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.76%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 138.78M shares, out of which, 138.35M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.16% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -1.27%. Year-to-date (YTD), GPC shares are showing a performance of 3.25% which decreased to -21.52% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $112.74 but also hit the highest price of $164.45 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Genuine Parts Co shares is 1.58 million. The stock is currently trading -1.71% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -0.34% for SMA50 and it goes to -6.61% lower than SMA200.
Genuine Parts Co (NYSE: GPC) currently have 138.78M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 83.59% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $16.73B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.84. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.64, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.47 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.04 and has Quick Ratio of 0.51 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.40. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GPC, volatility over the week remained 2.30% while standing at 2.45% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -3.21% while it is estimated to increase by 11.23% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 6.13% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 8.51% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Loop Capital stated Genuine Parts Co (GPC) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on January 16, 2025, suggesting a price target of $155 for the stock. On October 12, 2023, UBS Initiated their recommendations, while on June 28, 2023, Northcoast Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $195. Stock get a Buy rating from BofA Securities on June 01, 2023.
