Genuine Parts Company (GPC) reported third‑quarter results in a 10‑Q filing. Net sales were $6.26 billion, up 4.9% year over year, with gross margin at 37.4%, expanding about 60 basis points. Net income was $226.2 million and diluted EPS was $1.62, both essentially flat versus last year.
Operating costs rose on higher depreciation and interest from planned investments and lower pension income tied to the planned U.S. pension plan termination. Restructuring and other costs were $66.8 million in the quarter. By segment, Automotive sales reached $4.0 billion and Industrial $2.27 billion, with both segments posting modest EBITDA margin gains.
Year‑to‑date, sales were $18.29 billion (+3.2%), while diluted EPS was $4.85 (down 12.0%). Cash from operations totaled $510.7 million for the nine months. The company had $892 million of commercial paper outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and repaid $500 million of senior notes earlier in the year. Share count was 139,110,499 at quarter‑end, and a quarterly dividend of $1.03 per share was declared.
Genuine Parts Company furnished a Form 8-K to announce it issued a press release with results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. The press release, dated October 21, 2025, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference.
The company states the information is being furnished and not deemed filed under the Exchange Act. Genuine Parts’ common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol GPC.
Genuine Parts Co. (GPC) reporting person Richard Cox Jr. acquired 180 units of phantom stock on 10/06/2025. Each phantom share is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock and becomes payable in cash or common stock at the reporting person's election. The reported acquisition carried an economic price of $138.55 per share and increased the reporting person’s total beneficial ownership to 4,788 shares (including 34 phantom shares from a recent dividend reinvestment plan purchase). The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 10/07/2025.
This filing documents a non-cash, deferred-compensation-style award (phantom stock) that can be settled in cash or stock, rather than an open-market purchase or sale of underlying common shares.
Insider transaction by Director Paul Russell: The filing reports that on 10/06/2025 Director Paul Russell acquired 244 units of phantom stock that are economically equivalent to common shares of Genuine Parts Co (GPC). The reported acquisition price per underlying share was $138.55. After this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owns 7,955 shares (including 56 phantom shares from a recent dividend reinvestment purchase). The phantom shares become payable in cash or common stock at the reporting person’s prior deferral election. The form was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 10/07/2025.
Donna Westbrook, a director of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), reported receipt of 225 units of phantom stock on 10/06/2025. Each phantom share is economically equivalent to one share of common stock and becomes payable in cash or common stock under her prior deferral election. The reported grant was valued at $138.55 per share and increases her total beneficial ownership to 9,696 shares (which includes 69 phantom shares from a recent dividend reinvestment). The filing was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 10/07/2025. No exercise, sale, or cash payment is reported; this is a deferred-equivalent grant rather than an open-market transaction.
Juliette W. Pryor, a Director of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), reported receipt of 226 phantom stock units on 10/06/2025. Each phantom unit is economically equivalent to one share of GPC common stock and will be paid in cash or common stock at the reporting person's election under a prior deferral election. The filing shows an implied per-share value of $138.55 and reports total beneficial ownership of 3,706 shares (including 25 phantom shares from a recent dividend reinvestment plan purchase). The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 10/07/2025. No sales, exercises, or other disposals were disclosed in this filing.
Krishna Naveen, EVP, CIDO of Genuine Parts Co. (GPC), reported a sale of 5,303 shares of GPC common stock on 09/26/2025 at a price of $138.12 per share. After the sale, the filing shows Naveen beneficially owned 26,112 shares. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 09/29/2025, indicating the transaction was reported in line with Section 16 requirements.
Genuine Parts Company (GPC) filed a Form 144 notifying a proposed sale of 5,304 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE with an aggregate market value of $732,572.57. The filing shows the shares were acquired as restricted stock on 05/02/2023 (5,199 shares) and via dividend reinvestment on 10/05/2022 (105 shares). No securities were reported sold by the filer in the past three months. The filer affirms it is not aware of undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer and includes the Rule 144 representation required for proposed sales by insiders.
Paul D. Donahue, Executive Chairman and Director of Genuine Parts Co. (GPC), reported insider transactions on 09/12/2025. He acquired 10,000 shares via vested Stock Appreciation Rights at an effective price of $99.72 per share, and disposed of 8,379 shares at $140.92 per share. After these transactions he beneficially owns 147,017 shares. The SARs vested in three equal installments beginning April 1, 2016; the reported acquisition reflects the exercisable tranche. The Form 4 shows direct ownership and no additional indirect holdings disclosed.
Genuine Parts Co. director Carruthers Court D was granted 444 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 09/11/2025. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of GPC common stock at a future date. The RSUs vest immediately upon grant and convert into shares on the fifth anniversary of the grant date, unless conversion occurs earlier due to a change in control or the grantee's death, disability or retirement. The grant is an additional award to a prorated initial grant made when the grantee joined the board on 09/04/2025. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 09/15/2025.