LKQ Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Director Urbain Xavier acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.48 million on Aug 28 ’25. In the deal valued at $32.12 per share,15,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Urbain Xavier now holds 33,669 shares worth roughly $1.06 million.
Then, CLARKE ANDREW C bought 5,000 shares, generating $159,773 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $31.95, the Director now owns 21,172 shares.
Before that, Jude Justin L bought 5,669 shares. LKQ Corp shares valued at $178,574 were divested by the President and CEO at a price of $31.50 per share. As a result of the transaction, Jude Justin L now holds 286,446 shares, worth roughly $9.04 million.
MKM Partners initiated its LKQ Corp [LKQ] rating to a Buy in a research note published on July 13, 2022; the price target was $68. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barrington Research’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late April from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Barrington Research also remained covering LKQ and has decreased its forecast on February 17, 2022 with a “Mkt perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Raymond James revised its rating on August 02, 2021. It rated LKQ as “an Outperform” which previously was an “a Mkt perform”.
Price Performance Review of LKQ
On Monday, LKQ Corp [NASDAQ:LKQ] saw its stock fall -2.32% to $31.55. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.25%. LKQ Corp shares have fallen nearly -18.75% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -14.15% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in LKQ Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in LKQ Corp stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -2.71 million shares to a total of 8.6 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 11.31 million shares. There was a decline of -31.49%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
