GENUINE PARTS CO
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $137.51, GENUINE PARTS CO (GPC) is priced for -2.4% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 26, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• On February 17, 2026 the company announced it intends to split into two independent public companies, Global Automotive and Global Industrial, targeted for the first quarter of 2027, and the accounts do not yet reflect it [Source: Q2 2026 Form 10-Q]. • All three reportable segments earned more in the June 2026 quarter than a year earlier on the company's own segment measure, and the consolidated pre-tax line still fell, because corporate, restructuring and separation costs rose faster than seg
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1,046 institutional managers reported holding GPC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 86% of the company; the top 10 hold 42%. 99 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 8.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (5.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
GPC has cut its share count 4.6% over the past five years, spending $783.43M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (18 and counting), raised 17 years straight; the current rate is $4.12 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.53B in dividends and $276.62M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at GPC over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $100k. 15 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
GPC's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-21 | +0.0% | -4.1% |
| 2023-07-21 | -7.0% | -6.4% |
| 2023-10-20 | -13.5% | +8.1% |
| 2024-04-19 | +12.7% | -12.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
GPC's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-11 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-07-21 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-04-28 (items 1.01, 2.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-21 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-03-20 (items 5.02).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 26, 2026
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