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 $211,933 were sold by Howe James F. on Dec 17 ’25. At $128.60 per share, Howe James F. sold 1,648 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 27,396 shares worth approximately $3.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JAMES HOWE purchased 1,648 shares, netting a total of over 213,350 in proceeds.
Before that, Krishna Naveen had sold 5,303 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $732,450, the EVP, CIDO traded Genuine Parts Co shares for $138.12 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,303 shares, worth approximately $3.29 million.
As published in a research note from Goldman on November 13, 2025, Genuine Parts Co [GPC] has been rated up from a Sell to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $142. Analysts at Evercore ISI upgraded the stock from ‘”an In-line”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of April 01, 2025, Goldman has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for GPC. Earlier on January 17, 2025, Northcoast downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for GPC stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing GPC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Genuine Parts Co [NYSE: GPC] plunged -1.66% to $125.93. The stock’s lowest price that day was $125.24, but it reached a high of $128.66 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.99%. Over the course of the year, Genuine Parts Co shares have jumped approximately 6.20%. 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 124.55, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 123.18. In the upper region, resistance lies at 127.98. The next price resistance is at 130.04. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 41.97 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 2025-11-28 dropping by -0.1 million shares to 4.23 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 4.33 million shares. A decline of -2.41% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.73 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.73.
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In terms of Genuine Parts Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 146 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.01% from the previous closing price of $128.06. Analysts anticipate Genuine Parts Co stock to reach 150 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 140. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Genuine Parts Co stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On January 16, 2025, Loop Capital assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $155.
