Buyback yield (TTM)
1.60%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
5.72%
5Y share count change
-16.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$120.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$2.97B
Key takeaways
- LKQ (LKQ) repurchased about $120.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 16.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 4.29× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +6.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 24% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for LKQ (LKQ)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for LKQ (LKQ)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for LKQ (LKQ)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for LKQ (LKQ)
Latest: $159.00M
Overview
The 2025 reading of LKQ (LKQ) buyback spend is $159.00M – plunged 55.8% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), LKQ buyback spend delivered a +6.3% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.
LKQ buyback spend plunged from $1.04B in 2022 to $159.00M in 2025, a 84.7% drawdown.
The highest annual buyback spend of $1.04B was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2000.
LKQ Buyback Spend 2025: $159.00M
In 2025, LKQ reported buyback spend of $159.00M, plunged 55.8% below 2024.
LKQ Buyback Spend 2024: $360.00M
LKQ buyback spend in 2024 was $360.00M, surged 847.4% from 2023.
LKQ Buyback Spend 2023: $38.00M
2023's buyback spend for LKQ came in at $38.00M, plunged 96.3% below 2022.
LKQ Buyback Spend 2022: $1.04B
LKQ posted buyback spend of $1.04B in 2022, grew 18.6% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
LKQ Buyback Spend 2021: $876.84M
LKQ buyback spend in 2021 was $876.84M.
See more financial history for LKQ (LKQ).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $159.00M | $34.00M | $125.00M | 2.06% | 0.26B | -3.0% | |
| 2024 | $360.00M | $30.00M | $330.00M | 3.77% | 0.26B | -1.6% | |
| 2023 | $38.00M | $40.00M | −$2.00M | 0.30% | 0.27B | -3.5% | |
| 2022 | $1.04B | $38.00M | $1.00B | 7.27% | 0.28B | -6.6% | |
| 2021 | $876.84M | $34.00M | $842.84M | 5.04% | 0.30B | -2.4% | |
| 2020 | $117.29M | $29.00M | $88.29M | 1.09% | 0.31B | -1.9% | |
| 2019 | $291.81M | $27.70M | $264.12M | 2.67% | 0.31B | -1.5% | |
| 2018 | $60.00M | $22.76M | $37.24M | 0.80% | 0.32B | +1.7% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $22.83M | −$22.83M | — | 0.31B | +0.3% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $22.47M | −$22.47M | — | 0.31B | +0.7% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $21.34M | −$21.34M | — | 0.31B | +0.5% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $22.02M | −$22.02M | — | 0.31B | +0.6% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $22.04M | −$22.04M | — | 0.30B | +1.1% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $15.63M | −$15.63M | — | 0.30B | +1.3% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $5.13M | −$5.13M | — | 0.30B | +1.7% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $9.97M | −$9.97M | — | 0.29B | +1.3% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $7.28M | −$7.28M | — | 0.29B | +2.1% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $5.50M | −$5.50M | — | 0.28B | +17.7% | |
| 2007 | $1.13M | $3.04M | −$1.91M | 0.04% | 0.24B | +8.0% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $2.46M | −$2.46M | — | 0.22B | +13.2% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $42.00K | −$42.00K | — | 0.20B | +9.6% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $201.60M | −$201.60M | — | 0.18B | +22.7% | |
| 2003 | $22.90M | $15.00M | $7.90M | 6.70% | 0.15B | -6.1% | |
| 2002 | $103.20K | $0.00 | $103.20K | 0.04% | 0.16B | +0.9% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.15B | +9.5% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.14B | — |
- 2025$159.00M
- 2024$360.00M
- 2023$38.00M
- 2022$1.04B
- 2021$876.84M
- 2020$117.29M
- 2019$291.81M
- 2018$60.00M
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$1.13M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$22.90M
- 2002$103.20K
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for LKQ (LKQ)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 4.29×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for LKQ (LKQ)
How LKQ splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as LKQ, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $6.44B | |
| $2.52B | |
| $2.06B | |
| $1.10B | |
| $211.00M | |
| $0.00 | |
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| $0.00 |
- $6.44B
- $2.52B
- $2.06B
- $1.10B
- $211.00M
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $499.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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