LKQ — LKQ CORP

US Industrials Wholesale equity mkt cap 6.6B
25.77 -0.81% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 22.45 · high 34.80

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Performance

1 day-0.81%
1 week+1.38%
1 month+3.83%
3 months-4.13%
6 months-24.43%
Year to date-14.19%
1 year-15.84%
3 years-50.99%
5 years-48.95%

Technicals

RSI 1475.3
vs 50-day avg+1.42%
vs 200-day avg-11.31%
Volatility 1y34.9%
Max drawdown 1y-35.49%
Avg volume 30d3.5M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)4.62%
Paid last 12m1.2000
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2021-11-09

Measured signals that fired on LKQ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-17Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-30Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-25Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-22Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-20Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-07-14Cunningham Todd G
VP, Finance and Controller
Shares withheld for tax44325.1911.2K
2026-07-14Galloway Rick
SVP and CFO
Shares withheld for tax31425.197.9K
2026-07-14Meyne John R
President of Wholesale - NA
Shares withheld for tax31325.197.9K
2026-07-14Hamilton Andrew C
President of LKQ Europe
Shares withheld for tax8325.192.1K
2026-05-06CLARKE ANDREW C
Director
Grant or award2.7K28.9379.4K
2026-05-06Berard Patrick
Director
Shares withheld for tax1.3K28.9336.2K
2026-05-06Urbain Xavier
Director
Shares withheld for tax1.3K28.9336.2K
2026-05-06Urbain Xavier
Director
Grant or award5.7K0.000
2026-05-06GOVE SUE
Director
Grant or award5.7K0.000
2026-05-06Divitto Meg
Director
Grant or award5.7K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.1.1B36.9M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC422.5M14.4M
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB354.5M12.3M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC336.6M11.5M
Capital World Investors333.5M11.4M
MORGAN STANLEY306.4M10.4M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP304.8M10.4M
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.292.0M9.9M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/285.6M9.7M
STATE STREET CORP254.0M8.6M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d43.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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