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Company snapshot — LKQ Corporation

LKQ 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
LKQ distributes replacement parts and components used to repair and maintain vehicles, drawing on salvage, recycled and aftermarket supply. It runs through separate arms for North American wholesale, European distribution, specialty vehicle accessories, and self-service yards where customers remove their own parts. Its buyers are collision and mechanical repair shops, dealerships and individual car owners. It is based in Antioch, Tennessee, and operates across the United States, Canada and a number of European countries.
Where it sits in the stack
LKQ holds no seat in Closelook's own indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out we track. It belongs to the auto parts corner of the consumer-cyclical sleeve of our wider universe, supplying repair and salvage components rather than anything in the compute chain.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no Closelook peer group recorded for it; the comparison the market draws is with Genuine Parts Company, another large distributor of vehicle repair components.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a seat in the Russell 1000 but none of Closelook's own indices, and it has no Closelook score attached. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent slide below its longer moving averages steadies, since that would speak to repair-cycle demand rather than to any exposure to the AI build-out.

LKQ Corporation (LKQ) 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 LKQ, 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 LKQ on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.04%, quarterly · last 0.30 USD on 2026-08-20

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.20 USD per share · a 5.04% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.20 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.30 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.20 USD · 2025: 1.20 USD · 2026: 0.90 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-15

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 LKQ Corporation (LKQ)?

LKQ Corporation trades as LKQ on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is LKQ in a Closelook index?

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

Where does LKQ trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and -15.6% vs the 200-day average, 34.4% below the 52-week high and +12.6% off the 52-week low. 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 LKQ Corporation do?

LKQ distributes replacement parts and components used to repair and maintain vehicles, drawing on salvage, recycled and aftermarket supply. It runs through separate arms for North American wholesale, European distribution, specialty vehicle accessories, and self-service yards where customers remove their own parts. Its buyers are collision and mechanical repair shops, dealerships and individual car owners. The diary has no Closelook peer group recorded for it; the comparison the market draws is with Genuine Parts Company, another large distributor of vehicle repair components.

Where does LKQ Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

LKQ holds no seat in Closelook's own indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out we track. It belongs to the auto parts corner of the consumer-cyclical sleeve of our wider universe, supplying repair and salvage components rather than anything in the compute chain. It carries a seat in the Russell 1000 but none of Closelook's own indices, and it has no Closelook score attached. The diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does LKQ Corporation pay a dividend?

LKQ Corporation has paid 1.20 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.04% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-08-20. 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 LKQ, 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.