At the time of writing, Genuine Parts Co. [GPC] stock is trading at $141.72, up 0.35%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The GPC shares have gain 8.15% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.57%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Genuine Parts Co. [NYSE: GPC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 12, 2023, when UBS initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $160. Previously, Northcoast started tracking the stock with Buy rating on June 28, 2023, and set its price target to $195. On June 01, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $189 on the stock. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $164 on May 02, 2023. Truist upgraded its rating to a Buy but $186 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 24, 2023. Goldman downgraded its rating to Sell for this stock on December 12, 2022, and upped its price target to $147. In a note dated May 10, 2022, BofA Securities upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $133.
For the past year, the stock price of Genuine Parts Co. fluctuated between $126.35 and $168.84. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $170.75 within the next 12 months. Genuine Parts Co. [NYSE: GPC] shares were valued at $141.72 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 20.48% based on the average GPC price forecast.
Analyzing the GPC fundamentals
According to Genuine Parts Co. [NYSE:GPC], the company’s sales were 23.11B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 0.32% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.3 and Total Capital is 0.17. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.88.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 140.52 points at the first support level, and at 139.32 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 143.06, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 144.40.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Genuine Parts Co. [NYSE:GPC] has a current ratio of 1.14. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.59 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.12. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.85, the price to book ratio is 4.49 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.81.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved NEEDHAM WENDY B, Director, that happened on May 21 ’24 when 3000.0 shares were sold. Director, NEEDHAM WENDY B completed a deal on Mar 20 ’24 to sell 3250.0 shares.
