LKQ CORP LKQ
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 501889208 · ISIN US5018892084
American automotive parts distributor
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWholesale-Motor Vehicles & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies
- HeadquartersAntioch, TN
- Founded1998
- Websitelkqcorp.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($31.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 266.8m as of 2024-04-16, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $53.38. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($17.0m notional), 14 hold puts ($31.5m).
Trends to Q1 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 622 |
| Q4 2022 | 661 |
| Q1 2023 | 657 |
| Q2 2023 | 680 |
| Q3 2023 | 671 |
| Q4 2023 | 683 |
| Q1 2024 | 678 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 311 | 304 |
| Q1 2023 | 304 | 309 |
| Q2 2023 | 304 | 310 |
| Q3 2023 | 330 | 319 |
| Q4 2023 | 326 | 320 |
| Q1 2024 | 324 | 336 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $16.9m | $20.5m | 1.21 |
| Q3 2023 | $16.8m | $13.0m | 0.78 |
| Q4 2023 | $16.5m | $24.5m | 1.48 |
| Q1 2024 | $17.0m | $31.5m | 1.86 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +13.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +3.5m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +1.2m |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | New | +1.2m |
| Boston Partners | Added | +712.7k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | New | +689.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +656.9k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | New | +497.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +426.5k |
Biggest sellers
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | Sold out | -909.3k |
| Man Group plc | Reduced | -900.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -809.1k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | Reduced | -769.8k |
| National Pension Service | Reduced | -472.0k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -458.0k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -437.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -417.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Sold out | -316.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $5.9m109.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.3m81.3k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Unchanged | $1.6m29.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m24.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.2m23.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $956.0k17.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $838.5k15.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $507.4k9.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $277.7k5.2k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | Reduced | $53.4k1.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $7.5m139.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.0m93.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $4.9m91.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.9m72.9k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Unchanged | $2.9m54.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $2.2m41.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.4m26.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.3m24.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $924.0k17.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $635.6k11.9k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +2.4 pts · filed 2026-04-24 | 13.8% |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution +2.9 pts · filed 2026-10-19 | 9.0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: MORGAN STANLEY (3.5%, 2026-05-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $251.8m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.9m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $348.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $347.0m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $310.4k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.7m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.9m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $10.4m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-01 | Zarcone Dominick P President and CEO, director | Sold | $10.4m200.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 33.3m $1.8bn | Added +13.2m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 30.9m $1.7bn | Added +656.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 26.5m $1.4bn | Reduced -45.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 14.2m $759.6m | Added +1.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.3m $603.9m | Reduced -258.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.18% of their portfolio | 11.1m $591.2m | Reduced -182.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 10.5m $560.7m | Reduced -809.1k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 9.1m $486.8m | Added +111.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 9.0m $481.5m | Added +3.5m |
| Boston Partners 0.52% of their portfolio | 8.2m $438.1m | Added +712.7k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.47% of their portfolio | 7.4m $396.5m | Added +103.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.4m $340.6m | Added +239.3k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 3.31% of their portfolio | 4.6m $245.3m | Reduced -97.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.1m $221.4m | Added +84.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $172.1m | Reduced -111.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $155.5m | Added +1.3m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.7m $144.3m | Reduced -99.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.4m $127.5m | Added +78.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $125.5m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $122.2m | Reduced -107.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $121.5m | Reduced -64.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 2.2m $119.0m | Reduced -175.8k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.08% of their portfolio | 2.2m $117.2m | Reduced -208.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $109.1m | Reduced -140.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $109.1m | Added +426.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $83.7m | Added +163.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $82.6m | Reduced -51.1k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.16% of their portfolio | 1.4m $75.7m | Reduced -223.1k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.3m $68.6m | Added +55.7k |
| Amundi 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $61.4m | Reduced -458.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $66.7m | Reduced -8.0k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 4.83% of their portfolio | 1.2m $65.9m | Added +1.4k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.52% of their portfolio | 1.2m $65.6m | Reduced -2.3k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.63% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.8m | Reduced -26.7k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.2m $62.1m | New |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $58.8m | Added +96.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $58.6m | Added +284.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $57.7m | Added +64.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.1m $56.8m | Reduced -36.5k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.0m $53.6m | Added +47.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 952.3k $50.9m | Added +53.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.07% of their portfolio | 952.0k $50.8m | Reduced -107.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 949.3k $50.7m | Added +203.2k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.64% of their portfolio | 885.3k $47.3m | Added +3.7k |
| KBC Group NV 0.14% of their portfolio | 837.2k $44.7m | Added +148.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 819.8k $43.8m | Added +12.2k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 1.13% of their portfolio | 803.1k $42.9m | Reduced -53.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.03% of their portfolio | 801.4k $42.8m | Reduced -35.3k |
| 12th Street Asset Management Company, LLC 7.23% of their portfolio | 780.4k $41.7m | Reduced -2.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 758.1k $40.5m | Added +53.4k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.14% of their portfolio | 757.7k $40.5m | Added +66.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 756.0k $40.4m | Added +12.6k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.14% of their portfolio | 729.0k $38.9m | Added +272.2k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 709.4k $37.9m | Added +151.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 709.0k $37.9m | Added +182.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 703.6k $37.6m | Reduced -10.1k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 689.4k $36.8m | New |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 0.83% of their portfolio | 660.3k $35.2m | Added +229.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 648.5k $34.6m | Added +46.7k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 0.71% of their portfolio | 619.1k $33.1m | Reduced -40.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 603.1k $32.2m | Reduced -24.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 600.4k $32.1m | Added +49.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 583.7k $31.2m | Reduced -148.8k |
| Capital World Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 583.0k $31.1m | Added +277.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 581.7k $31.1m | Added +8.5k |
| Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC 2.11% of their portfolio | 562.2k $30.0m | Added +146.3k |
| Man Group plc 0.08% of their portfolio | 558.7k $29.8m | Reduced -900.6k |
| BRUNI J V & CO /CO 3.54% of their portfolio | 558.5k $29.8m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Railway Pension Investments Ltd 0.29% of their portfolio | 557.2k $29.8m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 519.5k $27.7m | Added +4.0k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.05% of their portfolio | 514.5k $27.5m | Added +254.6k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 499.2k $26.7m | Reduced -48.9k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 497.3k $26.6m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 487.0k $26.0m | Reduced -2.3k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 454.0k $24.2m | Added +407.2k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 437.2k $23.4m | Added +5.0k |
| FERGUSON WELLMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC 0.47% of their portfolio | 435.6k $23.3m | Added +8.3k |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 0.40% of their portfolio | 427.8k $22.8m | Reduced -183.2k |
| SASCO CAPITAL INC / CT/ 2.99% of their portfolio | 417.8k $22.3m | Reduced -66.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 416.1k $22.2m | Reduced -148.2k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.11% of their portfolio | 412.2k $22.0m | Unchanged |
| Avalon Trust Co 1.79% of their portfolio | 408.6k $21.8m | Added +3.2k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.04% of their portfolio | 405.0k $20.0m | Added +3.1k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 0.92% of their portfolio | 388.9k $20.8m | Added +12.9k |
| Swedbank AB 0.03% of their portfolio | 384.9k $20.6m | Added +22.0k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 376.1k $20.1m | Added +72.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.02% of their portfolio | 371.8k $19.9m | Added +144.2k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 369.5k $19.7m | Reduced -12.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 366.6k $19.6m | Added +302.7k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.47% of their portfolio | 357.6k $19.0m | Added +151.9k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 357.3k $19.1m | Reduced -23.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 351.5k $20.0m | Added +13.3k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.03% of their portfolio | 346.6k $18.3m | Reduced -20.0k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 344.8k $18.3m | Reduced -189.8k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.05% of their portfolio | 343.6k $18.4m | Added +14.4k |
| Hunter Perkins Capital Management, LLC 3.76% of their portfolio | 343.5k $18.3m | Reduced -66.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 339.3k $18.1m | Added +123.9k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 332.3k $17.7m | Added +65.4k |
| Boston Common Asset Management, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 329.0k $17.6m | Reduced -35.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.04% of their portfolio | 326.6k $17.5m | Reduced -20.7k |