LKQ LKQ Corporationdata gap · 92% coverage
Consumer Discretionary · Distributors · close $22.23 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
LKQ Corporation (LKQ) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 45/100 (grade D), ranking #113 of 128 in Consumer Discretionary. Its strongest pillars are valuation (89) and cash flow (66); its weakest is growth (21). Data gap: 2 factors without usable data, so 92% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 3.3% and operating margin 6.3%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 92% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · no data · —| Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
| 90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
Growth
weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 21| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 3.3% | 30 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | -34.2% | 15 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.7%) | -7.3% | 13 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 25| Operating margin (10.7%) | 6.3% | 29 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (9.3%) | -0.6% | 20 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 61| Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%) | -0.23× | 72 |
| Current ratio (5.3%) | 1.58 | 66 |
| Interest coverage (4.0%) | 3.78× | 25 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 66| FCF margin (6.7%) | 6.2% | 39 |
| FCF yield (6.7%) | 15.1% | 93 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 89| P/E (inverted) (6.7%) | 12.28× | 84 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%) | 0.39× | 94 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 40.4 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 22.24 / 22.68 |
| 200-day SMA | 27.80 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.34× |
| 20-day return | -6.7% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Gross profit: GrossProfit · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestPaidNet · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: TTM net income ÷ latest-quarter diluted weighted shares · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (TTM net income ÷ latest-quarter diluted weighted shares).
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FAQ
- What is LKQ's House Rating?
- LKQ scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #113 of 128 Consumer Discretionary stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about LKQ?
- We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
- When does LKQ report earnings next?
- LKQ's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-22 to 2026-11-05), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is LKQ a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology