---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040987-25-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPC"
cik: "0000040987"
company_name: "GENUINE PARTS CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:42:26.663382+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GPC Q1 adjusted EPS falls to $1.75 from $2.22; sales rise 1.4% to $5.9B

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.40 vs $1.78 prior year; adjusted EPS $1.75 vs $2.22; net income $194M.
- Automotive sales $3.7B (+2.5%), segment EBITDA margin down 110 bps to 7.8%.
- Industrial sales $2.2B (-0.4%), segment EBITDA margin up 10 bps to 12.7%.
- Reaffirms 2025 guidance: sales growth 2-4%, adjusted EPS $7.75-$8.25, free cash flow $800M-$1.0B.
- Free cash flow decreased $161M in Q1; $420M cash, $2B undrawn revolver capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040987-25-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPC
- cik: 0000040987
- company_name: GENUINE PARTS CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000067/0000040987-25-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40987/000004098725000067/gpc-20250422.htm

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