secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENUINE PARTS CO (GPC)
CIK:        0000040987
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040987-23-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Genuine Parts Q4 sales $5.5B (+15%), adj. EPS $2.05 (+14.5%); FY22 record sales $22.1B; guides FY23 EPS $8.80-$8.95
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- Q4 sales $5.5B (+15%), adj. diluted EPS $2.05 (+14.5%); FY22 record sales $22.1B (+17.1%), adj. diluted EPS $8.34 (+20.7%).
- Automotive Q4 sales $3.4B (+7.6%), margin 8.6% (+30bps); Industrial sales $2.1B (+29.6%), margin 11.0% (+150bps).
- FY23 guidance: sales growth 4-6%, adj. diluted EPS $8.80-$8.95, cash from ops $1.2-1.4B, FCF $0.8-1.0B.
- Cash from operations $1.5B (+16.6%); free cash flow $1.1B (+13.6%) in FY22.
- Returned $719M to shareholders via dividends ($496M) and share repurchases ($223M) in FY22.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098723000005/0000040987-23-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098723000005/gpc-20230223.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040987-23-000005

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