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LKQ NASDAQ

LKQ Corporation
1W: -20.6% 1M: -26.4% 3M: -35.2% YTD: -43.1% 1Y: -43.9% 3Y: -62.2% 5Y: -65.4%
$17.10
-0.15 (-0.87%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±11.8%
$13 $15 $17 $19 $22
NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 30 · $4.3B mcap · 251M float · 1.42% daily turnover · Short 29% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 71% of companies Debt: 55.1% of company value Bonds: $66.8M held by 118 funds, 108 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the third-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 140 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.51 (down 91%), LKQ Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.31B against a stock market value of $4.33B.
Distance to default 3.31 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $3.06B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 44.2%; Altman Z 2.31. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.1B -5.2% ▼
5Y CAGR: -5.9%
Capital Expenditures
$216M +30.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: +4.6%
Free Cash Flow
$847M +4.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: -7.8%
Dividends Paid
$310M +2.5% ▲
Buybacks
$159M +55.8% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$93M +243.1% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$1.1B$1.1B$938M$693M$608M
Depreciation & Amort.$284M$264M$319M$406M$418M
Stock-Based Comp.$34M$38M$40M$30M$34M
Change in Working Capital-$3M-$35M$77M-$57M-$6M
Other Non-Cash Items-$13M-$173M-$31M$83M$84M
Operating Cash Flow$1.4B$1.2B$1.4B$1.1B$1.1B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$293M-$222M-$358M-$311M-$216M
Acquisitions (Net)-$104M$404M-$2.1B-$60M$1M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing-$21M-$10M$20M-$35M$400M
Investing Cash Flow-$419M$172M-$2.4B-$406M$185M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$69M-$48M$1.5B-$17M-$708M
Stock Repurchased-$877M-$1.0B-$38M-$360M-$159M
Dividends Paid$0-$284M-$302M-$318M-$310M
Other Financing-$178M-$22M-$30M-$51M-$14M
Financing Cash Flow-$985M-$1.4B$1.1B-$746M-$1.2B
Net Change in Cash-$38M$4M$21M-$65M$93M
Cash End of Period$274M$278M$299M$234M$332M
Free Cash Flow$1.1B$1.0B$998M$810M$847M

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