Seasonality
LKQ seasonality — LKQ Corporation
Over the last 11 years, LKQ's strongest month on average has been August (+3.3%) and its weakest March (-4.5%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.91% | +2.54% | 60% | +10.5% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.97% | -0.12% | 50% | +12.8% | -14.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -4.45% | -2.10% | 40% | +7.5% | -30.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.15% | +6.40% | 70% | +27.5% | -19.2% | 10 |
| May | -1.10% | +1.61% | 60% | +9.1% | -14.8% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.80% | -3.13% | 40% | +10.5% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Jul | -0.77% | +2.16% | 60% | +11.7% | -20.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.28% | +1.62% | 70% | +12.6% | -4.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.84% | -6.06% | 20% | +19.7% | -12.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.85% | +4.69% | 60% | +18.0% | -18.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.31% | +2.09% | 78% | +10.1% | -7.1% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.87% | +0.62% | 60% | +7.4% | -14.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — LKQ
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.8 | 0.8 | -11.3 | 7.5 | -14.1 | -2.9 | -14.7 | 11.8 | -9.0 | -18.7 | 8.0 | -33.6% | |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 12.8 | 0.8 | -10.2 | 5.9 | -8.6 | -20.4 | 10.7 | -6.4 | 4.7 | -7.1 | 1.7 | -17.8% |
| 2024 | -2.3 | 12.0 | 2.1 | -19.2 | -0.2 | -3.4 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -4.0 | -7.8 | 6.8 | -6.5 | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 10.4 | -2.8 | -0.9 | 1.7 | -8.6 | 10.5 | -6.0 | -4.1 | -5.8 | -11.3 | 1.4 | 7.3 | -10.5% |
| 2022 | -8.6 | -14.5 | -3.3 | 9.3 | 3.5 | -4.5 | 11.7 | -3.0 | -11.4 | 18.0 | -2.4 | -1.7 | -11.0% |
| 2021 | -0.4 | 12.2 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 9.1 | -3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | -4.5 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 7.4 | +70.3% |
| 2020 | -8.4 | -9.5 | -30.7 | 27.5 | 5.0 | -4.6 | 7.6 | 12.6 | -12.6 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 0.1 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 6.1 | -14.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | -2.5 | 19.7 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | +50.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3 | -6.1 | -3.9 | -18.3 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.0 | -8.3 | -13.9 | 2.1 | -14.8 | -41.6% |
| 2017 | 4.1 | -1.0 | -7.3 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | +32.7% |
| 2016 | -6.6 |