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LKQ Corporation

LKQNasdaqDistributorsWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000

What LKQ Corporation is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $13.7 billion, up 3.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.63 billion, down 7.4% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.20 billion, down 26% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.16 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment -0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (negative), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 5 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 19, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q3 2025: $0.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 533 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−19 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (1 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Cash flow

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LKQ Corporation: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.6BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$13.7BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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LKQ Corporation: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.2BData to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2020
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

3.9Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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LKQ Corporation: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

−5.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

−0.20Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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LKQ Corporation: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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LKQ Corporation: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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LKQ Corporation: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

4.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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LKQ Corporation: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$0.8MData to Sep 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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LKQ Corporation: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

533.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ML STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (LKQ CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
  3. Oct 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 18, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Oct 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (S-3 GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  6. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (LKQ CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
  7. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (ML STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  8. Jul 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  9. May 8, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  10. Apr 28, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: WINCH WITH ADVANCED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SMART CONTROLSUS 12612290
  11. Mar 6, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  12. Feb 19, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  13. Dec 18, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  14. Nov 4, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  15. Sep 10, 2025Risk event
    OSHA referral inspection: LKQ CORPOSHA
  16. Aug 21, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  17. Jul 25, 2025Risk event
    OSHA fatality/catastrophe inspection: LKQ CORPORATIONOSHA
  18. May 14, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  19. May 8, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  20. May 5, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  21. Feb 25, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: FAIRLEAD WITH INTEGRATED POSITIONING DEVICEUS 12234130
  22. Feb 20, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
  23. Feb 19, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  24. Feb 6, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  25. Feb 6, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  26. Feb 4, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: SYSTEMS FOR WINCH ROPE INTERFACES AND RECOVERY RIGGING MOUNTABLE TO A WINCH FAIRLEAD AND/OR VEHICLE BUMPERUS 12215006
  27. Dec 11, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  28. Sep 10, 2024Patent
    Patent granted: WINCH INCLUDING A MOTOR MOUNTED CONTACTORUS 12084320
  29. Apr 16, 2024Patent
    Patent granted: SNATCH RING PULLEYUS 11958727
  30. Feb 22, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Genuine Parts Company GPC$25.3B$0.8BSep 30, 2026
Pool Corporation POOL$5.4B$0.3BMar 31, 2026
Las Vegas Sands LVS$13.7B$2.7BJun 30, 2026
Darden Restaurants DRI$13.4B$1.1BAug 30, 2026
Airbnb Inc. ABNB$13.2B—Jun 30, 2026
Chewy CHWY$13.1B$0.6BAug 2, 2026
BorgWarner BWA$14.3B—Jun 30, 2026
Ulta Beauty ULTA$13.0B$1.1BAug 1, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1065696
LEI
DS830JTTZQN6GK0I2E41
Wikidata
Q20711490

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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