CluenexGenuine Parts Company GPC
Genuine Parts Company scores average on business quality (4.6 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Genuine Parts Company does
Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive and industrial replacement parts, supplying professional repair shops and commercial customers with the components needed to keep vehicles and machinery running. The business is navigating shifting inventory demands while managing a growing debt load across its distribution network.
- What it does best
Genuine Parts dominates auto and industrial parts distribution through sheer scale, outperforming peer LKQ's 38.3% gross margin with localized supply chains that ensure repair shops get parts same-day, locking in commercial contractors.
- The main risk
Net debt climbing to $4.3 billion strains balance sheet flexibility as interest coverage hovers at 7.1x, leaving little margin for error if distribution demand slows further.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margins rest at 5.0% and place it in the bottom quartile of its sector at the 18th percentile, showing that scale does not currently translate into high operating leverage.
Scale and dense distribution networks lock in professional repair shops who cannot afford delivery delays. It ranks in the 43rd percentile for gross margin at 36.9%.
Revenue grew 3.5% to $25.1 billion, marking a slower trajectory as historical free cash flow declines from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $760 million.
Total debt sits at $4.8 billion against $477 million in cash, while free cash flow reached $760 million, leaving the financial position softening under mounting liabilities.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on GPC
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Genuine Parts Company scores average on the Cluenex quality check (4.6 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat fair, growth slow and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Oct 20, 2026.
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