Press Releases

• Record Sales of $5.9 billion, Up 5.6%
• Diluted EPS of $2.44, Down 6.9%, or Up 10.9% from Adjusted Diluted EPS in 2022
• Updates 2023 Outlook:
• Reaffirms Revenue Growth of 4% to 6%
• Increases Diluted EPS to $9.15 to $9.30, Up from $8.95 to $9.10
• Reaffirms Cash From Operations of $1.3 Billion to $1.4 Billion

ATLANTA, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), a leading global distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts, announced today its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

"We are pleased to report another solid quarter, which includes record sales and double-digit adjusted earnings growth. Our second quarter performance, once again, highlights the value and benefit of our global Automotive and Industrial business mix and geographic diversity, which we believe are competitive advantages that differentiate GPC in the marketplace," said Paul Donahue, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our global team remains focused on the strategic initiatives we highlighted at our Investor Day in March, and we believe our One GPC Team approach is contributing to our strong financial performance. We want to thank all our GPC teammates for their hard work and continued dedication to serving our customers."

Second Quarter 2023 Results

Sales were $5.9 billion, a 5.6% increase compared to $5.6 billion in the same period of the prior year. The growth in sales is attributable to a 4.9% increase in comparable sales and a 1.8% benefit from acquisitions, partially offset by a 1.1% net unfavorable impact of foreign currency and other.

Net income was $344 million, or a diluted EPS of $2.44. This compares to net income of $373 million, or $2.62 per diluted share in the prior year period.

Net income of $344 million compares to adjusted net income of $313 million for the same three-month period of the prior year, an increase of 10.0%. On a per share diluted basis, net income was $2.44, an increase of 10.9% compared to adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.20 last year. Refer to the reconciliation of GAAP net income to adjusted net income and GAAP diluted earnings per share and adjusted diluted earnings per share for more information.

Second Quarter 2023 Segment Highlights

Automotive Parts Group ("Automotive")

Global Automotive sales were $3.7 billion, up 5.4% from the same period in 2022, consisting of a 4.3% increase in comparable sales and a 2.6% benefit from acquisitions, net of a 1.5% unfavorable impact of foreign currency and other. Segment profit of $329 million increased 2.1%, with segment profit margin of 9.0% down 30 basis points from last year.

Industrial Parts Group ("Industrial")

Industrial sales were $2.3 billion, up 5.9% from the same period in 2022, and reflecting a 6.0% increase in comparable sales and a 0.6% benefit from acquisitions, slightly offset by a 0.7% unfavorable impact of foreign currency. Segment profit of $283 million increased 25.7%, with segment profit margin of 12.5% up 190 basis points from the same period of the prior year.

"Global Automotive sales continue to benefit from our global diversification, as our businesses outside the U.S. posted mid-single-digit to double-digit growth in local currency in the second quarter," said Will Stengel, President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our Industrial sales growth was broad based, with all product categories and major industries served growing from the prior year, allowing the Industrial team to post its twelfth consecutive quarter of margin expansion. The global GPC team delivered a solid second quarter and our teams remain focused on the consistent execution of our strategic initiatives. We believe our investments in our people, customer solutions, technology, supply chain and emerging technology will continue to enhance our capabilities and leadership positions."

Six Months 2023 Results

Sales for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $11.7 billion, up 7.2% from the same period in 2022. Net income for the six months was $648 million, or $4.58 per diluted share, an increase of 5.5% compared to $4.34 per diluted share in 2022. Net income of $648 million, or $4.58 per diluted share, compares to adjusted net income of $579 million, or adjusted diluted earnings per share of $4.06, in 2022, an increase of 12.8%.

Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Capital Allocation

The company generated cash flow from operations of $457 million for the first six months of 2023. We used $226 million in cash for investing activities, including $205 million for capital expenditures and $106 million for acquisitions, net of $80 million in proceeds from the sale of our remaining investment in S.P. Richards and other investments. We also used $358 million in cash for financing activities, including $260 million  for quarterly dividends paid to shareholders and $135 million for stock repurchases. Free cash flow was $252 million for the first six months of 2023. Refer to the reconciliation of GAAP net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for more information.

The company ended the quarter with $2.0 billion in total liquidity, consisting of $1.4 billion availability on the revolving credit facility and $530 million in cash and cash equivalents. 

2023 Outlook

The company is updating full-year 2023 guidance previously provided in its earnings release on April 20, 2023. The company considered its recent business trends and financial results, current growth plans, strategic initiatives, global economic outlook, geopolitical conflicts and the potential impact on results in updating its guidance, which is outlined in the table below.

"We are very pleased with the solid start to 2023. And, with the strong earnings growth in the second quarter, we are once again raising our outlook for 2023 earnings per share. As we look forward, we remain confident in our strategic plans and will continue to invest to strengthen our business and achieve both our near-term and long-term financial targets while returning capital to shareholders through the dividend and share repurchases," Mr. Donahue concluded.

Non-GAAP Information

This release contains certain financial information not derived in accordance with United States ("U.S.") generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). These items include adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and free cash flow. We believe that the presentation of adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and free cash flow, when considered together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to those measures, provide meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors that is indicative of our core operations. We considered these metrics useful to investors because they provide greater transparency into management's view and assessment of our ongoing operating performance by removing items management believes are not representative of our operations and may distort our longer-term operating trends. We believe these measures are useful and enhance the comparability of our results from period to period and with our competitors, as well as show ongoing results from operations distinct from items that are infrequent or not associated with our core operations. We do not, nor do we suggest investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures as superior to, in isolation from, or as a substitute for, GAAP financial information. We have included a reconciliation of this additional information to the most comparable GAAP measure following the financial statements below. We do not provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial measures on a GAAP basis because we are unable to predict certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. These items may include acquisition-related costs, litigation charges or settlements, impairment charges, and certain other unusual adjustments.

Comparable Sales

Comparable sales is a key metric that refers to period-over-period comparisons of our sales excluding the impact of acquisitions, foreign currency and other. We consider this metric useful to investors because it provides greater transparency into management's view and assessment of the our core ongoing operations. This is a metric that is widely used by analysts, investors and competitors in our industry, although our calculation of the metric may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies, because not all companies and analysts calculate this metric in the same manner.

Conference Call

We will hold a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the results of the quarter. A supplemental earnings deck will also be available for reference. Interested parties may listen to the call and view the supplemental earnings deck on our website at http://genuineparts.investorroom.com. The call is also available by dialing 888-317-6003, conference ID 3398770. A replay will also be available on our website or at 877-344-7529, conference ID 9035640, two hours after the completion of the call.

About Genuine Parts Company 

Founded in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. The company's Automotive Parts Group distributes automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The company's Industrial Parts Group distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. In total, the company serves its global customers from an extensive network of more than 10,000 locations in 17 countries and has approximately 58,000 employees. Further information is available at www.genpt.com. 

Forward-Looking Statements

Some statements in this release, as well as in other materials we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), release to the public, or make available on our website, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in the future tense and all statements accompanied by words such as "expect," "likely," "outlook," "forecast," "preliminary," "would," "could," "should," "position," "will," "project," "intend," "plan," "on track," "anticipate," "to come," "may," "possible," "assume," or similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include our view of business and economic trends for the remainder of the year, our expectations regarding our ability to capitalize on these business and economic trends and to execute our strategic priorities, and the updated full-year 2022 financial guidance provided above. Senior officers may also make verbal statements to analysts, investors, the media and others that are forward-looking.

We caution you that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and while we believe that our expectations for the future are reasonable in view of currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events may differ materially from those indicated as a result of various important factors. Such factors may include, among other things, changes in general economic conditions, including unemployment, inflation (including the impact of tariffs) or deflation, financial institution disruptions and geopolitical conflicts such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; volatility in oil prices; significant cost increases, such as rising fuel and freight expenses; public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, including the effects on the financial health of our business partners and customers, on supply chains and our suppliers, on vehicle miles driven as well as other metrics that affect our business, and on access to capital and liquidity provided by the financial and capital markets; our ability to maintain compliance with our debt covenants; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our operations and to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits; our ability to successfully implement our business initiatives in our two business segments; slowing demand for our products; the ability to maintain favorable supplier arrangements and relationships; changes in national and international legislation or government regulations or policies, including changes to import tariffs, environmental and social policy, infrastructure programs and privacy legislation, and their impact to us, our suppliers and customers; changes in tax policies; volatile exchange rates; our ability to successfully attract and retain employees in the current labor market; uncertain credit markets and other macroeconomic conditions; competitive product, service and pricing pressures; failure or weakness in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, including as a result of the work from home environment; the uncertainties and costs of litigation; disruptions caused by a failure or breach of our information systems, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2022 and from time to time in our subsequent filings with the SEC.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other reports filed with the SEC.

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