GPC
GENUINE PARTS COEvidence as of 2026-09-02Overview · GENUINE PARTS CO
Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive replacement parts, and industrial parts and materials. It operates through Automotive Parts Group and Industrial Parts Group segments. The company distributes automotive replacement parts for hybrid and electric vehicles, trucks, SUVs, buses, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, farm vehicles, small engines, farm equipment, marine equipment, and heavy duty equipment; and ac…
Management team
- Ms. Lisa K. Hamilton · Senior Vice President of Total RewardsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Christopher T. Galla · Senior VP, General Counsel & Corporate SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Naveen Krishna · Executive VP and Chief Information & Digital OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. James R. Neill · ConsultantFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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+0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
Revenue rose from 6,264,940,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-17) to 6,536,951,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-17). Gross profit increased from 2,338,964,000 USD to 2,470,707,000 over the same interval, with gross margin moving from 37.34% to 37.79%.
Net income and diluted EPS each climbed quarter over quarter: net income went from 188,535,000 USD to 227,558,000 USD and diluted EPS moved from 1.37 USD/share to 1.65 USD/share. Common shares outstanding show a modest downward trend from 139,317,735 shares as of 2024-07-18 to 137,859,758 shares as of 2026-07-17, while noncurrent long-term debt increased from 3,478,884,000 USD as of 2026-03-31 to 3,976,648,000 USD as of 2026-06-30.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue rose from 6,264,940,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31) to 6,536,951,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000040987-26-000017Gross profit increased from 2,338,964,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31) to 2,470,707,000 USD in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30), with gross margin moving from 37.34% in fiscal Q1 2026 to 37.79% in fiscal Q2 2026 (calculated as gross profit divided by revenue for each quarter).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000040987-26-000017Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
A Form 4 insider transaction filing for GPC was submitted on 2026-08-20.
4 filed 2026-08-20The provided evidence record for that filing indicates the parse status as 'skipped' and no primary document URL is present in the evidence set.
4 filed 2026-08-20Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
GPC's short-term momentum indicators are positive: momentum_3m is +37.2% and momentum_6m is +18.2%, with rank_momentum_6m in the 76th percentile of a 547-stock universe.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debatePrice technicals show a bullish orientation on moving averages: golden_cross is true, price_vs_sma50 is +5.6%, and price_vs_sma200 is +14.0%, with the golden cross having cross_age_days of 16.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02 (timestamps included in the record), the largest reported ETF membership weight for GPC in the provided list is 0.2% of the VO fund.
ETF constituents · market dataThe 13F record shows a single institutional holder, Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc, with reported holdings valued at $1.8M as of the 13F period ended 2026-03-31.
13F holdings · 1 filers · as of 2026-03-31Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Several recent headlines note Genuine Parts Company announced its 70th consecutive annual dividend increase of 3.2% for 2026.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-08-31A finance.yahoo.com article says the 3.2% dividend raise has put Genuine Parts back in focus for income investors.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Jennifer Hulett (EVP and Chief People Officer) reported a disposition of "302" shares valued at "$41k" on 2026-08-19, reported with action code "F".
Form 4 · Hulett Jennifer (EVP and Chief People Officer) · $41k code F · 2026-08-19The filing shows no trading plan flag for that transaction (trading_plan: null) — this is from the filing text and not an inferred plan from footnotes.
Form 4 · Hulett Jennifer (EVP and Chief People Officer) · $41k code F · 2026-08-19Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate that today's price would justify is 69.27% (0.6927).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice to trailing twelve‑month free cash flow is 158.04 (price_to_fcf = 158.04), indicating the market price equals about 158 times last twelve months' FCF.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The evidence set shows improving operating results and shareholder-friendly cash returns that jointly support a favorable read. Quarter-over-quarter revenue, gross profit, gross margin, net income, and diluted EPS all increased from Q1 to Q2 2026 (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1, fundamentals-2), while share count drifted modestly lower over the multi-year window (fundamentals-3), which mechanically supports per-share metrics. Market momentum and technicals are positive in the short-to-intermediate term (market-0, market-1), and the company’s dividend story (70th consecutive annual increase, div_yield_ttm 3.10%, div_growth_3y +4.3%) provides an income-oriented anchor in the coverage (news-0, market-5). Together these items form a coherent bullish narrative of improving near-term fundamentals, active capital return, and constructive price action.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.32
34 surviving claims rest on 17 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 21% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence set rests on a moderate diversity of sources but a relatively small analyst concentration; the single heaviest analyst supplies a fifth of surviving claims, so some judgments may reflect that contributor's framing. The very high survival rate through debate suggests the desk found few refutations, which raises confidence in internal consistency but also flags potential confirmation bias or limited external challenge — treat the read as informative but not definitive.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 2nd of 3 in Specialty Retail (as of 2026-09-01).
6-month relative strength ranks 1st of 3 in Specialty Retail (as of 2026-09-01).
90-day volatility ranks 3rd of 3 in Specialty Retail (as of 2026-09-01).
dividend yield ranks 1st of 3 in Specialty Retail (as of 2026-09-01).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
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What this was built from
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16 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.6 to the score
1 document
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash+0.2 to the score
3 holdings records· 2 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis−0.3 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 filing
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot+0.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
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