Genuine Parts Valuation

Is GPT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GPT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€105.48
Fair Value
7.3% overvalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: GPT (€113.2) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€105.48)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GPT is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GPT?

Key metric: As GPT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GPT. This is calculated by dividing GPT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GPT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21x
EarningsUS$849.57m
Market CapUS$17.86b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GPT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GPT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average43.7x
ZAL Zalando
29.8x18.17%€8.0b
AG1 AUTO1 Group
96.7x31.23%€5.2b
FIE Fielmann Group
29.1x14.98%€4.7b
HBM HORNBACH Baumarkt
19.2xn/a€2.1b
GPT Genuine Parts
21x10.76%€17.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GPT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the peer average (43.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GPT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Retail Distributors Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GPT 21.0xIndustry Avg. 14.0xNo. of Companies5PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GPT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the European Retail Distributors industry average (14x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GPT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GPT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21x
Fair PE Ratio15.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GPT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GPT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€113.20
€117.11
+3.46%
8.20%€138.51€98.30n/a10
May ’26€103.45
€113.67
+9.87%
8.20%€135.67€96.28n/a11
Apr ’26€108.20
€120.20
+11.09%
7.59%€143.67€105.67n/a11
Mar ’26€117.55
€126.40
+7.53%
6.61%€149.45€115.70n/a11
Feb ’26€113.40
€130.13
+14.75%
6.84%€150.83€116.77n/a11
Jan ’26€111.30
€125.91
+13.12%
4.76%€138.40€114.54n/a11
Dec ’25€120.05
€125.91
+4.88%
4.76%€138.40€114.54n/a11
Nov ’25€104.25
€123.30
+18.27%
6.48%€138.96€111.17n/a11
Oct ’25€124.80
€138.63
+11.08%
4.46%€148.45€130.46n/a11
Sep ’25€127.95
€137.48
+7.45%
4.61%€147.82€129.91n/a11
Aug ’25€135.30
€143.01
+5.70%
5.10%€154.29€133.68n/a11
Jul ’25€128.00
€156.23
+22.06%
6.62%€171.36€139.70n/a11
Jun ’25€129.40
€155.78
+20.39%
6.62%€170.86€139.29n/a11
May ’25€150.10
€157.10
+4.66%
6.62%€172.37€140.52€103.4512
Apr ’25€142.90
€141.11
-1.25%
4.43%€147.62€129.16€108.2011
Mar ’25€137.50
€143.37
+4.27%
7.31%€172.56€129.19€117.5512
Feb ’25€130.90
€144.48
+10.37%
8.73%€177.00€129.07€113.4013
Jan ’25€124.45
€142.64
+14.61%
8.91%€175.87€128.24€111.3013
Dec ’24€121.25
€142.70
+17.69%
8.91%€175.95€128.30€120.0513
Nov ’24€121.25
€148.83
+22.74%
8.79%€181.27€132.17€104.2513
Oct ’24€134.80
€165.55
+22.81%
7.00%€184.12€151.07€124.8012
Sep ’24€140.55
€160.71
+14.34%
7.00%€178.74€146.66€127.9512
Aug ’24€140.95
€159.25
+12.99%
6.64%€176.28€144.64€135.3012
Jul ’24€152.05
€163.55
+7.56%
6.68%€179.42€145.38€128.0012
Jun ’24€137.95
€164.33
+19.13%
6.22%€181.23€146.85€129.4011
May ’24€151.45
€160.51
+5.98%
6.43%€177.74€140.37€150.1011
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 10 Analysts
€115.30
Fair Value
1.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/19 10:47
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Genuine Parts Company is covered by 27 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Deborah CiervoArgus Research Company
Elizabeth SuzukiBofA Global Research
Garrett NelsonCFRA Equity Research