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Best Auto Part Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top auto part stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best auto part stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best auto part stocks to buy right now are:

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) is the #1 top auto part stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -7 points lower than the auto part industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTX as a "A".

GTX passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 129.04% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 118 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $16.33, a downside of -6.29% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $17.43.

Garrett Motion stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Garrett Motion, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) is the #2 top auto part stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the auto part industry average of 34.

STRT passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Strattec Security has seen its stock return 73.33% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 63 percentage points.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) is the #3 top auto part stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 4 points higher than the auto part industry average of 34.

MPAA passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Motorcar Parts Of America has seen its stock return 212.73% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 202 percentage points.

Out of 14 auto part stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 auto part stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Monro (NASDAQ:MNRO) has an annual dividend yield of 6.19%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.25%. Monro's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Monro's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Monro's dividend payout ratio of -162.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) has an annual dividend yield of 3.88%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.25%.

Lkq's dividend payout ratio of 43.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) has an annual dividend yield of 3.73%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.25%. Douglas Dynamics's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Douglas Dynamics's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Douglas Dynamics's dividend payout ratio of 41.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Auto part stocks were down -0.64% in the last day, and down -0.55% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why auto part stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued auto part stocks right now are:

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) is the most undervalued auto part stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Magna International has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the auto part industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Magna International's stock has gained 5.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -5 percentage points.

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) is the second most undervalued auto part stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lkq has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the auto part industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lkq's stock has dropped -18.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -29 percentage points.

Phinia (NYSE:PHIN) is the third most undervalued auto part stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Phinia has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the auto part industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Phinia's stock has gained 17.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 7 percentage points.

50% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 19.1% over the next year.

33.33% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.38% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 35.9% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).