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 ($30.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 255.1m as of 2026-02-13, 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 ≈ $30.23. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($42.2m notional), 10 hold puts ($12.3m).
Trends to Q4 2025
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 664 |
| Q3 2024 | 664 |
| Q4 2024 | 638 |
| Q1 2025 | 656 |
| Q2 2025 | 657 |
| Q3 2025 | 587 |
| Q4 2025 | 548 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 324 | 336 |
| Q2 2024 | 352 | 327 |
| Q3 2024 | 340 | 332 |
| Q4 2024 | 285 | 348 |
| Q1 2025 | 340 | 298 |
| Q2 2025 | 320 | 330 |
| Q3 2025 | 289 | 374 |
| Q4 2025 | 254 | 346 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $77.6m | $20.3m | 0.26 |
| Q2 2025 | $41.1m | $16.4m | 0.40 |
| Q3 2025 | $21.6m | $10.1m | 0.47 |
| Q4 2025 | $42.2m | $12.3m | 0.29 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +13.2m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +9.7m |
| Capital Research Global Investors | New | +3.9m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +2.2m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +1.4m |
| Ranmore Fund Management Ltd | New | +1.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.1m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.0m |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Added | +1.0m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Added | +930.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -5.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -3.2m |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd | Sold out | -2.3m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -1.9m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Sold out | -1.2m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -1.1m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -976.1k |
Biggest calls
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $9.1m300.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $6.5m216.2k shares |
| Converium Capital Inc. | First filing | $6.0m200.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.7m156.5k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $4.2m140.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $2.4m79.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.8m60.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $1.3m42.8k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $1.3m42.5k shares |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Unchanged | $1.1m6.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.7m156.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $1.6m52.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $1.5m48.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.3m42.7k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $1.3m42.2k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $658.4k21.8k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $640.2k21.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $347.3k11.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $193.3k6.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $129.9k4.3k 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 Q4 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $10.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $20.2k | 2 | $38.6k | $38.6k |
| Q3 2024 | 4 | $600.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.4m | $781.5k |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $100.2k | 1 | $822.4k | $822.4k |
| Q3 2025 | 3 | $820.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2025.
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 29.9m $901.9m | Added +13.2m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.3m $825.1m | Reduced -3.2m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.85% of their portfolio | 16.5m $498.8m | Added +9.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.5m $409.2m | Added +201.2k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.32% of their portfolio | 12.5m $378.0m | Reduced -296.8k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.10% of their portfolio | 10.1m $305.1m | Reduced -1.4m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 9.2m $277.3m | Added +1.4m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.7m $262.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 4.99% of their portfolio | 8.0m $241.7m | Added +1.0m |
| Boston Partners 0.23% of their portfolio | 7.4m $223.3m | Added +902.3k |
| EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. 1.40% of their portfolio | 5.6m $170.5m | Unchanged |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.7m $141.1m | Reduced -1.9m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 4.4m $132.3m | Added +1.0m |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 1.26% of their portfolio | 4.0m $120.7m | Reduced -40.7k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.9m $117.0m | New |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC 2.63% of their portfolio | 3.8m $113.6m | Added +182.4k |
| Capital World Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.4m $101.6m | Added +2.2m |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.65% of their portfolio | 3.3m $98.2m | Reduced -293.4k |
| LYRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 1.27% of their portfolio | 3.2m $96.9m | Reduced -237.7k |
| Swedbank AB 0.09% of their portfolio | 3.2m $95.3m | Unchanged |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $94.2m | Not comparable |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $82.0m | Added +606.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $77.8m | Added +734.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $76.4m | Added +1.1m |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $75.6m | Reduced -1.1m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $74.0m | Reduced -269.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.3m $68.9m | Added +930.0k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 2.78% of their portfolio | 2.2m $65.8m | Added +504.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $65.1m | Reduced -373.8k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.49% of their portfolio | 1.9m $57.8m | Added +566.6k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.9m $57.4m | Added +73.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $54.3m | Reduced -487.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $49.0m | Added +359.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $48.2m | Reduced -99.0k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 2.81% of their portfolio | 1.6m $47.1m | Reduced -32.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $44.4m | Added +125.2k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 1.4m $43.6m | Reduced -364.8k |
| Ranmore Fund Management Ltd 6.84% of their portfolio | 1.3m $39.9m | New |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 1.16% of their portfolio | 1.3m $39.7m | Added +186.1k |
| 12th Street Asset Management Company, LLC 6.47% of their portfolio | 1.3m $39.3m | Added +212.0k |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 1.70% of their portfolio | 1.2m $36.9m | Reduced -92.6k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $35.7m | Added +62.6k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $35.2m | Unchanged |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $33.8m | Added +386.8k |
| Ananym Capital Management, LP 13.79% of their portfolio | 1.1m $33.5m | Added +361.9k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 0.62% of their portfolio | 1.1m $33.5m | Reduced -14.7k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.1m $31.9m | Reduced -37.9k |
| FIL Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $31.9m | Reduced -33.8k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 1.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $31.6m | Added +756.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $31.6m | Reduced -5.1m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $30.9m | Added +452.7k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.09% of their portfolio | 885.9k $26.8m | Added +830.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 870.1k $26.3m | Reduced -39.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 829.3k $25.0m | Added +57.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 808.5k $24.4m | Added +274.3k |
| Hudson Way Capital Management LLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 764.3k $23.1m | Reduced -685.7k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 748.8k $22.6m | Added +698.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 740.1k $22.4m | Added +52.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 729.1k $22.0m | Reduced -330.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 724.5k $21.9m | Reduced -327.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 707.5k $21.4m | Added +361.5k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 707.5k $21.4m | Added +11.8k |
| DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.00% of their portfolio | 679.7k $20.5m | Reduced -69.0k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 651.8k $19.7m | Reduced -16.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 626.6k $18.9m | Reduced -649.8k |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.56% of their portfolio | 625.6k $18.9m | Reduced -84.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 619.3k $18.7m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 613.7k $18.5m | Added +93.2k |
| Applied Finance Capital Management, LLC 1.29% of their portfolio | 596.7k $18.0m | Added +60.3k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.22% of their portfolio | 594.4k $18.0m | Added +4.6k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 0.47% of their portfolio | 585.7k $17.7m | Reduced -81.6k |
| FOUNDATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC 2.35% of their portfolio | 582.7k $17.6m | Added +2.5k |
| RNC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 582.6k $17.6m | Reduced -9.7k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 580.6k $17.5m | Reduced -36.1k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.33% of their portfolio | 575.6k $17.4m | Added +57.4k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.92% of their portfolio | 556.1k $16.8m | Added +487.2k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 543.8k $16.4m | Added +22.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 542.6k $16.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Petrus Trust Company, LTA 1.59% of their portfolio | 520.0k $15.7m | New |
| Distillate Capital Partners LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 510.2k $15.4m | Added +132.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 507.4k $15.3m | Added +7.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 500.6k $15.1m | Reduced -79.3k |
| Kiltearn Partners LLP 3.24% of their portfolio | 495.5k $15.0m | Added +264.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 494.4k $14.9m | Reduced -99.0k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.1k $14.2m | Reduced -17.1k |
| Medina Value Partners, LLC 3.22% of their portfolio | 455.6k $13.8m | Added +31.0k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 455.0k $13.7m | New |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.79% of their portfolio | 441.0k $13.3m | Reduced -93.0k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.24% of their portfolio | 423.3k $12.8m | Added +130.6k |
| KETTLE HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.60% of their portfolio | 385.9k $11.7m | Reduced -777.5k |
| THOMPSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.42% of their portfolio | 374.3k $11.3m | Added +46.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 371.2k $11.2m | Added +345.1k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 365.0k $11.0m | Added +193.5k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.03% of their portfolio | 346.9k $16.6m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 344.2k $10.4m | Reduced -976.1k |
| Midwest Trust Co 0.13% of their portfolio | 343.6k $10.4m | Reduced -9.6k |
| TECTONIC ADVISORS LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 328.6k $9.9m | Added +7.9k |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. 1.97% of their portfolio | 318.3k $9.6m | Unchanged |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 309.1k $9.3m | Added +192.7k |
| ISTHMUS PARTNERS, LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 296.8k $9.0m | Added +2.8k |