LKQ LKQ CORP

Overview and Growth

Fiscal 2025 results for LKQ CORP combined $13.65B of revenue with net income of $608.00M and an operating cash inflow of $1.06B. The $13.65B revenue base provides substantial context for the company’s earnings, cash generation, and capital requirements. Compared with $13.82B in fiscal 2024, revenue decreased 1.2%, a top-line contraction that reduced operating scale. The company reported diluted EPS of $2.35, adding a shareholder-level measure to the absolute income figures considered below. Diluted EPS decreased by 10.3% from $2.62 in fiscal 2024, showing how the earnings change reached shareholders on a per-share basis. At period end, total assets were $15.14B, framing the scale of the company’s operating and financing commitments. The revenue-to-assets relationship was 0.9x, showing the sales generated relative to the resources carried on the balance sheet.

Profitability

Gross profit was $5.26B, representing the portion of revenue remaining after the reported cost of revenue and before operating expenses. The gross-profit relationship equaled 38.6% of revenue, quantifying the portion retained before operating expenses were recognized. Operations produced $993.00M of income after the reported operating expense base, before the remaining non-operating and tax effects. The operating result equaled 7.3% of revenue, placing the absolute operating-income figure in the context of the company’s sales base. After all reported below-operating-line items, the company recorded net income of $608.00M for the fiscal year. The final earnings result represented 4.5% of revenue, connecting the absolute net income figure with the company’s top-line scale. The reported income-tax provision was $204.00M, the amount recognized between pretax income and the final net-income result. Net income equaled 9.3% of period-end equity, showing the earnings generated on shareholders’ book capital. Return on period-end assets was 4.0%, connecting net income with the company’s total asset base. Against $693.00M in fiscal 2024, the current $608.00M bottom line finished below the prior-year result in absolute terms.

Liquidity and Capital Structure

Total assets were $15.14B, supported by $8.58B of liabilities and $6.56B of shareholder equity. The near-term balance sheet paired $5.25B of current assets with $3.14B of current liabilities at the reporting date. At 1.67x, the current ratio shows that short-term assets were greater than short-term liabilities at period end. Reported cash and equivalents were $319.00M, separating immediately recognizable cash resources from the rest of the current-asset base. The cash balance equaled 10.2% of current liabilities, showing how much near-term coverage came from cash alone. The liabilities-to-assets relationship was 56.7%, placing reported obligations against the full positive asset balance. Measured against total assets, cash and equivalents represented 2.1%, a balance-sheet composition measure rather than a liquidity forecast. The asset base changed 1.2% from $14.96B in fiscal 2024, leaving current total assets higher year over year. Reported equity changed 8.8% from $6.03B in fiscal 2024, placing the current capital base higher year over year. Compared with $234.00M in fiscal 2024, the current cash balance moved 36.3% and finished higher.

Cash Flow and Earnings Quality

Operating activities produced a cash inflow of $1.06B, giving the cash-flow counterpart to the accrual-based profit measures reported for the year. Against net income, operating cash flow measured 1.75x, showing the relationship between accrual earnings and operating cash. Capital expenditures used $216.00M, identifying the reported investment outflow deducted from operating cash flow in the free-cash-flow calculation. Capital spending absorbed 20.3% of operating cash flow, quantifying the share of cash from operations directed to investment. Free cash flow came to $847.00M, leaving a positive amount after capital expenditures. The free-cash-flow margin was 6.2%, measuring cash remaining after capital spending against revenue. The free-cash-flow-to-assets relationship was 5.6%, comparing post-investment cash with the balance-sheet asset base.

Based on the annual report for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025. Analysis generated Sep 24, 2026.