LKQ Corporation is a distributor of vehicle products. Co.'s vehicle products include replacement parts, components and systems used in the repair and maintenance of vehicles, and specialty aftermarket products and accessories to improve the performance, functionality, and appearance of vehicles. It operates through four segments: Wholesale-North America; Europe; Specialty and Self Service. Its Wholesale - North America segment consists of aftermarket and salvage operations, sells five product types, including aftermarket, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) recycled, OEM remanufactured, OEM refurbished and new OEM parts. We show 65 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our LKQ shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute LKQ market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing LKQ market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing LKQ's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of LKQ versus a peer is one thing; comparing
LKQ market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like LKQ can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching LKQ by allowing them to research the LKQ market cap history. |
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