---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-26-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:31:56.120707+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ Q1 GAAP EPS $0.30 vs $0.61; lowers full-year EPS outlook; strategic review ongoing

## Summary
- Revenue $3,469M (+4.3% YoY); parts & services organic revenue -1.6% after FX.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.30 (incl. $0.17 Mekonomen impairment) vs $0.61; adjusted EPS $0.67 vs $0.74.
- Board-initiated comprehensive strategic alternatives review, advisors BofA and Goldman Sachs.
- Full-year GAAP EPS guidance cut to $2.16-$2.46 from $2.35-$2.65; adjusted EPS reaffirmed $2.90-$3.20.
- Q1 free cash flow -$96M; operating cash flow -$56M; dividend $0.30 declared for Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-26-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000030/0001065696-26-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000030/lkq-20260430.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-26-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LKQ CORP updated its full year 2026 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: full year 2026
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: For 2026, management reaffirmed the outlook as set forth below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000030/0001065696-26-000030-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  LKQ CORP reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $3,469 million, net income $77 million, EPS $0.30.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $3,469 million
  - Net income: $77 million
  - EPS: $0.30
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was $3,469 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000030/0001065696-26-000030-index.htm

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