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Also trades as: 0JSJ.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

LKQ Short Interest

LKQ Corporation
1W: -19.8% 1M: -25.9% 3M: -35.0% YTD: -42.6% 1Y: -43.1% 3Y: -62.1% 5Y: -65.4%
$17.10
-0.15 (-0.87%)
After Hours: $17.19 (+0.09, +0.50%)
Weekly Expected Move ±11.8%
$13 $15 $17 $19 $22
NASDAQ · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 30 · $4.4B mcap · 251M float · 1.38% daily turnover · Short 29% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 71% of companies Debt: 54.9% 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 $4.36B.
Distance to default 3.32 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, 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.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
15.6%
Short Ratio
of total volume
53.0%
20-Day Avg
56.2%
50-Day Avg
▼ Falling
5-Day Trend
0.9M
Short Volume
5.7M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 740,191 5,318,511 13.9%
NYSE 138,780 323,151 42.9%
BATS 5,660 18,153 31.2%

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