Both in Wholesale Trade

LKQ vs MSC Industrial Direct Co.

Over the past year LKQ returned −31.1% and MSM returned +34.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.10.

LKQ −31.1% MSM +34.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLKQMSM
Price$20.94$116.06
Market cap$5.29B$6.48B
Today+8.72%−3.52%
1 month−6.5%−10.9%
6 months−27.2%+10.5%
Year to date−30.7%+38.0%
1 year−31.2%+36.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)−5.1%+10.3%
Gross margin37.2%40.6%
Net margin−0.8%4.4%
P/E (TTM)20.7×29.1×
Price / sales0.4×1.6×
Net cash-$3.40B-$411.9M
Dividend yield5.73%3.00%
Volatility (60d)63.4%42.9%
Short % of float6.7%4.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).