---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-22-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:26:25.619899+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genuine Parts Q3 record sales $5.7B, adj. EPS $2.23; raises 2022 guidance

## Summary
- Sales $5.7B, up 17.8% YoY; comparable sales up 12.7%, acquisitions add 9.1%.
- Adj. diluted EPS $2.23, up 18.6% from $1.88; reported diluted EPS $2.20, up 38.4%.
- Automotive sales $3.5B (+8.9%), segment profit $309M (+10.0%).
- Industrial sales $2.2B (+35.3%), KDG acquisition contributed 16.6%; segment profit $243M (+46.3%).
- FY2022 outlook raised: total sales growth 15-16%, adj. EPS $8.05-8.15 (vs prior $7.80-7.95).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-22-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098722000038/0000040987-22-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098722000038/gpc-20221020.htm

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