Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, vehicle replacement parts distributor LKQ (LKQ +3.00%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at LKQ and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
LKQ facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Chicago (1998) |
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Market Cap |
$6.5 billion |
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Industry |
Distributors |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$4.0 billion |
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Management |
CEO Robert Wagman (since January 2012) CFO John Quinn (since November 2009) |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
13.8% |
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Cash/Debt |
$69.2 million / $999.2 million |
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Competitors |
Fastenal Genuine Parts Company O'Reilly Automotive |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 405 members who have rated LKQ believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, TMFnoceilings, succinctly summed up the bull case for our community:
When I think about LKQ, I picture someone sitting at a wrecked-car auction, frantically typing makes and models into a state-of-the-art tablet computer, which in turn spits back a maximum bid number based on everything from current inventory levels to historical sales numbers for that particular model.
In other words: I think about a company that's bringing a lot of forward-looking strategy to an otherwise rust-caked industry. LKQ's technological bent, coupled with its prescient push toward industrywide consolidation, gets me all revved up.
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