The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Genuine Parts Co shares valued at $732,450 were sold by Krishna Naveen on Sep 26 ’25. At $138.12 per share, Krishna Naveen sold 5,303 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 26,112 shares worth approximately $3.43 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, NAVEEN KRISHNA purchased 5,304 shares, netting a total of over 732,573 in proceeds.
Before that, WENDY B NEEDHAM had added 4,024 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $496,079, the Board Member bought Genuine Parts Co shares for $123.28 each.
As published in a research note from Evercore ISI on April 04, 2025, Genuine Parts Co [GPC] has been rated up from an In-line to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $135. Analysts at Goldman downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Sell”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of January 17, 2025, Northcoast has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for GPC. Earlier on January 16, 2025, Loop Capital initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for GPC stock.
Analyzing GPC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Genuine Parts Co [NYSE: GPC] plunged -1.62% to $131.52. The stock’s lowest price that day was $130.34, but it reached a high of $133.0485 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.32%. Over the course of the year, Genuine Parts Co shares have dropped approximately -2.57%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $143.48 on 09/04/25 and a 52-week low of $104.01 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Genuine Parts Co (GPC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 130.21, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 128.90. In the upper region, resistance lies at 132.94. The next price resistance is at 134.36. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 34.23 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Genuine Parts Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Genuine Parts Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.58 million shares to 4.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 5.05 million shares. A decline of -12.99% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.68 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.68.
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In terms of Genuine Parts Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 150 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.21% from the previous closing price of $133.68. Analysts anticipate Genuine Parts Co stock to reach 150 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 150. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Genuine Parts Co stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On October 12, 2023, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $160.
