Auto parts
17 companies · $184B combined revenue · $8.3B operating profit
The typical US-listed auto parts company grew revenue 3.1% and earnings -13% in its latest year, at a 7.3% operating margin, and 6 of 15 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 0% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more6%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue21%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more13%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash31%
Combined revenue · 17 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 17 companies
| Median | – | 3.1% | -13% | 7.3% | 10.1% | 0.72x |
| GPCGenuine Parts | $24.3B | 3.5%▲ | -92.7%▼ | 0.9%▼ | 2%▼ | 0.87x▼ |
| MGAMagna International | $42.0B | -1.9%▼ | -17.8%▼ | – | – | 0.38x▲ |
| BWABorgwarner | $14.3B | 1.6%▼ | -18%▼ | 3.7%▼ | 5.1%▼ | 0.72x |
| ALSNAllison Transmission | $3.0B | -6.7%▼ | -14.8%▼ | 29.2%▲ | 15.7%▲ | 1.55x▼ |
| APTVAptiv | $20.4B | 3.5%▲ | -90.8%▼ | 5.8%▼ | 6.4%▼ | 0.81x▼ |
| MODModine Manufacturing | $3.2B | 23.1%▲ | -34%▼ | 10.8%▲ | 17.6%▲ | 0.33x▲ |
| ALVAutoliv | $10.8B | 4.1%▲ | 13.8%▲ | 10.1%▲ | 23%▲ | 0.84x▼ |
| LEALEAR | $23.3B | -0.2%▼ | -13.8%▼ | 3.3%▼ | 8.5%▼ | 0.54x▲ |
| LKQLKQ | $13.7B | -1.2%▼ | -12.3%▲ | 7.3%▼ | 8.3%▼ | 0.57x▲ |
| GTXGarrett Motion | $3.6B | 3.1% | 9.9%▲ | 14%▲ | 49.8%▲ | – |
| GNTXGentex | $2.5B | 9.6%▲ | -4.9%▲ | 18.7%▲ | 18.7%▲ | – |
| DORMDorman Products | $2.1B | 6%▲ | 7.5%▲ | 14.1%▲ | 15%▲ | 0.30x▲ |
| ATMUAtmus Filtration Technologies | $1.8B | 5.7%▲ | 11.7%▲ | 16.9%▲ | 30.4%▲ | 1.51x▼ |
| DANDANA | $7.5B | -3%▼ | – | 1.9%▼ | 3.1%▼ | 3.79x▼ |
| VCVisteon | $3.8B | -2.5%▼ | -32.1%▼ | – | – | 0.19x▲ |
| PHINPhinia | $3.5B | 2.4%▼ | 64.6%▲ | 7.3% | 8.9%▼ | 0.61x▲ |
| PATKPatrick Industries | $4.0B | 6.3%▲ | -2.4%▲ | 7%▼ | 10.1% | 1.09x▼ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).