For the quarter ended March 2025, LKQ (LKQ) reported revenue of $3.46 billion, down 6.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.79, compared to $0.82 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.57 billion, representing a surprise of -2.95%. The company has not delivered EPS surprise, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.79.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how LKQ performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue - Organic - YoY change: -4.1% versus -2.8% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Organic Growth - Parts and services - Wholesale - North America: -5.4% compared to the -5.6% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Organic Growth - Parts and services - Europe: -2.8% compared to the 0.5% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Organic Growth - Parts and services - Self Service: -5.4% compared to the -4.4% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Revenue- Other- Total: $168 million versus $168.21 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a 0% change.
- Revenue- Parts and Services: $3.30 billion versus $3.39 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.8% change.
- Revenue- Parts and Services- Specialty: $393 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $398.15 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.9%.
- Revenue- Parts and Services- Europe: $1.52 billion compared to the $1.58 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Parts and Services- Wholesale - North America: $1.34 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.36 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.1%.
- Revenue- Parts and Services- Self Service: $51 million compared to the $51.95 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Europe: $1.52 billion compared to the $1.55 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -7.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Specialty: $394 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $386.30 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.9%.
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Shares of LKQ have returned +2.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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