Genuine Parts Co (GPC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Genuine Parts Co

GPC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Genuine Parts distributes automotive and industrial replacement parts through three segments: North America Automotive Parts, International Automotive Parts, and Industrial Parts. It supplies brakes, batteries, filters, engine components, fluids, and services such as paint mixing and battery testing to independent repair shops and auto care centres under the NAPA brand. Its industrial arm distributes bearings, seals, gaskets, hydraulics, pumps, and related components, along with inventory-management services. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Where it sits in the stack
Genuine Parts does not sit inside our Rubin index. It belongs to the consumer cyclical sleeve of our universe, in the auto-parts industry, where it operates as a distributor linking suppliers to repair shops and industrial buyers rather than as a manufacturer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Genuine Parts is not yet defined. The market commonly compares it with O'Reilly Automotive, another distributor of replacement parts serving repair shops and retail customers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Genuine Parts holds a seat in the S&P 500. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent run of down sessions and the slip below the 50-day average persists, and whether industrial-parts demand offsets any softness on the automotive side.

Genuine Parts Co (GPC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for GPC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto Parts · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto Parts · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GPC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.22%, quarterly · last 1.06 USD on 2026-09-04

Dividends and capital return

What GPC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.22 USD per share · a 3.22% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +3.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.09 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.06 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.95 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.00 USD · 2025: 4.12 USD · 2026: 3.19 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Genuine Parts Co (GPC)?

Genuine Parts Co trades as GPC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GPC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Genuine Parts Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does GPC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.1% vs the 50-day and +10.2% vs the 200-day average, 11.9% below the 52-week high and +45.7% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 27 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Genuine Parts Co do?

Genuine Parts distributes automotive and industrial replacement parts through three segments: North America Automotive Parts, International Automotive Parts, and Industrial Parts. It supplies brakes, batteries, filters, engine components, fluids, and services such as paint mixing and battery testing to independent repair shops and auto care centres under the NAPA brand. Its industrial arm distributes bearings, seals, gaskets, hydraulics, pumps, and related components, along with inventory-management services. Closelook's peer group for Genuine Parts is not yet defined. The market commonly compares it with O'Reilly Automotive, another distributor of replacement parts serving repair shops and retail customers.

Where does Genuine Parts Co sit in the AI build-out?

Genuine Parts does not sit inside our Rubin index. It belongs to the consumer cyclical sleeve of our universe, in the auto-parts industry, where it operates as a distributor linking suppliers to repair shops and industrial buyers rather than as a manufacturer. Genuine Parts holds a seat in the S&P 500. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.

Does Genuine Parts Co pay a dividend?

Genuine Parts Co has paid 4.22 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.22% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.06 USD on 2026-09-04. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GPC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Auto Parts. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.