---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-24-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:19:33.037241+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ Q3 adj EPS beats by $0.02; slashes full-year guidance; adds $1B buyback

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $3.6B (+0.5% YoY); diluted EPS $0.73; adjusted diluted EPS $0.88 vs $0.86 prior year.
- FY2024 guidance cut: organic revenue decline (2.75%)-(1.75%); diluted EPS $2.59-$2.73; adj. EPS $3.38-$3.52.
- Board approved $1B buyback increase, raising aggregate authorization to $4.5B through Oct 2026.
- Q3 operating cash flow $420M; free cash flow $341M; dividend $0.30 payable Nov 27, 2024.
- Divested Poland and Bosnia operations in Q3; terms not disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-24-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000121/0001065696-24-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000121/lkq-20241024.htm

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