Genuine Parts Company (GPC) earnings on July 21, 2026
More Genuine Parts Company earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
Genuine Parts closed nearly 3% lower even though the company beat quarterly expectations. The stock dropped because investors were concerned about the company's cautious outlook for the year ahead.
GPC price around the earnings
119.12
Change: -2.7%
2026-07-21, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
109.51
115.17
120.83
126.49
122.40
July 21, 2026
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- Market open
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
- Results released
Strong trend strength and analyst upgrade persist, but inconsistent past earnings and recent run-up present a sell-the-news scenario.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Strong trend strength and recent run-up persist, elevating sell-the-news risk into earnings despite analyst upgrades.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 2
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 4
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 6, 2026 · DA Davidson: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 16, 2026 · DA Davidson: Initiates coverage (Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (4)
- DA Davidson Maintains Buy on Genuine Parts, Raises Price Target to $150 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Tesla, Ford And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Monday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts (GPC) Stock Is Trending After Hours: Here's What You Should Know (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- 'Genuine Parts Is Said to Receive O’Reilly Interest for Auto Unit' - Bloomberg (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.1%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -16.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +4.3%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +23.9%
- 30-day relative strength
- +23.9%
- Benchmark change (0d)
- +0.0%
- Nearest support
- 121.6
- Nearest resistance
- 122.47
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.17
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- -3.1%
- April 21, 2026: actual EPS 1.77 vs estimate 1.75 (surprise +1.3%)
- February 17, 2026: actual EPS 1.55 vs estimate 1.82 (surprise -14.8%)
- October 21, 2025: actual EPS 1.98 vs estimate 1.99 (surprise -0.5%)
- July 22, 2025: actual EPS 2.1 vs estimate 2.07 (surprise +1.6%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 2.3%
- 75th percentile move
- 4.7%
- 90th percentile move
- 12.7%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +2.7%
- Average down move
- -6.5%
Monitoring and close
What Genuine Parts Company reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 2.15 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 2.08 |
| EPS surprise | +3.4% |
| Revenue | $6,536 million |
| Revenue estimate | $6,428 million |
| Revenue surprise | +1.7% |
Genuine Parts beat Q2 2026 expectations with 6% sales growth, but cautious outlook keeps sentiment pessimistic. Shares had fallen 7% previously.
Sources (17)
- Genuine Parts Co (GPC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Sales Growth Amid Inflationary ... (opens in a new tab) — GuruFocus.com
- Genuine Parts Stock Slips 7% Despite Earnings Beat: Cautious Outlook Weighs on NAPA Parent (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts Q2 Earnings Beat on Industrial Strength and Sales Growth (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Genuine Parts Company (GPC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Genuine Parts Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- Genuine Parts Q2 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts beats second-quarter expectations and maintains full-year outlook (GPC) (opens in a new tab) — InvestorsHub
- Genuine Parts (GPC) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Genuine Parts (GPC) Surpasses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Genuine Parts’s (NYSE:GPC) Q2 CY2026 Sales Beat Estimates (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE:GPC) Jumps 24% on Q2 Earnings Beat and Reaffirmed Guidance (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- Genuine Parts Affirms FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance of $7.50-$8.00 vs $7.75 Est; Widens FY2026 Sales Guidance of $25.029B-$25.637B vs $25.414B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts Lowers FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance from $6.10-$6.60 to $5.90-$6.40 vs $6.82 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts Q2 Adj. EPS $2.15 Beats $2.08 Estimate, Sales $6.536B Beat $6.428B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Genuine Parts Company Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results; Reaffirms 2026 Outlook for Adjusted EPS of $7.50 to $8.00 (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Genuine Parts Company 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Earnings per share: $2.15 vs $2.10 expected — above expectations. — Finnhub
Pre-market second reading after the results
Heading into the open, the figures overturn the prior optimistic scenario. In the 418 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 94% of the time.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- -2.7%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 10.5%