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Genuine Parts GPC Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.3B+6.8%
Gross profit$2.3B+7.6%
Net income$188.5M-3.0%
EPS (diluted)$1.37-2.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$500.0M+18.9%
Total debt$6.4B+4.2%
Total equity$4.5B+0.6%
Total assets$21.0B+5.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$63.9M+257%
CapEx$97.6M-18.6%
Free cash flow-$33.6M+79.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$14.96B-11.0%
Enterprise value$20.82B-7.4%
P/E17.3×+4.3×
P/S0.6×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.9%+0.3pp
Net margin3.4%-1.3pp
FCF margin2.2%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity17.1%-7.4pp
Debt / equity1.4×0.0×
Current ratio1.1×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Genuine Parts’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Genuine Parts’s 10-Q, filed October 21, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Genuine Parts's return on invested capital?
Genuine Parts (GPC) reported return on invested capital of 9.1% in Q3 2025.
How has Genuine Parts's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Genuine Parts's return on invested capital decreased by 31.3% year-over-year, from 13.2% to 9.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Genuine Parts's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2020 to 2024), Genuine Parts's return on invested capital has grown at a 33.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.4% to 10.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.