What to know about Genuine Parts Co (GPC)’s sales and margins

Nora Barnes

Genuine Parts Co [GPC] stock is trading at $127.73, up 0.50%. 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 2.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.36%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Genuine Parts Co [NYSE: GPC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 13, 2025, when Goldman upgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $142 for it. Previously, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform on April 04, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $135. On April 01, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sell but maintained its price target of $114 on the stock. Northcoast downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Loop Capital initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $155 as its price target on January 16, 2025. UBS started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on October 12, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $160. In a note dated June 28, 2023, Northcoast initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $195 on this stock.

Genuine Parts Co [GPC] stock has fluctuated between $104.01 and $143.48 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $145.33 within the next 12 months. Genuine Parts Co [NYSE: GPC] shares were valued at $127.73 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.78% based on the average GPC price forecast.

Analyzing the GPC fundamentals

Genuine Parts Co [NYSE:GPC] reported sales of 24.06B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.86%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.12. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.34.

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 126.58 points at the first support level, and at 125.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 129.55, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 131.38.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Genuine Parts Co’s Current Ratio is 1.14. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.51 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.74, the price to book ratio is 3.71 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.00.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Krishna Naveen, EVP, CIDO, that happened on Sep 26 ’25 when 5303.0 shares were sold. Officer, NAVEEN KRISHNA completed a deal on Sep 26 ’25 to buy 5304.0 shares. Meanwhile, Board Member WENDY B NEEDHAM bought 4024.0 shares on Mar 05 ’25.

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