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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:

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

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 14 points higher than the auto part industry average of 34.

STRT passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Strattec Security has seen its stock return 64.52% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 63 percentage points.

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

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is -5 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 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 96.1% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 94 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $16.33, an upside of 1.57% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $16.08.

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.

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) 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 Magna International (NYSE:MGA) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 18 points higher than the auto part industry average of 34.

MGA passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Magna International has seen its stock return 9.33% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 7 percentage points.

Magna International has an average 1 year price target of $50.40, an upside of 4.43% from Magna International's current stock price of $48.26.

Magna International stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Magna International, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10% have issued a Buy, 70% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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 6.09%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.21%. 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 4.06%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.21%. Lkq's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Lkq's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lkq's dividend payout ratio of 44.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) has an annual dividend yield of 3.8%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.21%. 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 65.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Auto part stocks were up 4.21% in the last day, and down -0.84% over the last week. Allison Transmission Holdings was the among the top gainers in the auto parts industry, gaining 3.78% yesterday.

Shares of companies in the broader machinery sector are trading higher. Stocks across sectors are rising after NY Fed President Williams indicated he sees room for a further policy adjustment in the near term.

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:

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) 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.

Motorcar Parts Of America has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the auto part industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Motorcar Parts Of America's stock has gained 85.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 84 percentage points.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) 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.

Lear has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the auto part industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lear's stock has gained 8.07% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 6 percentage points.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (NYSE:AXL) is the third 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.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the auto part industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings's stock has dropped -2.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -4 percentage points.

43.24% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 28.81% over the next year.

23.08% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.95% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.15% are rated C (Hold), 10.26% are rated D (Sell), and 2.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).