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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: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is equal to the auto part industry average of 33.

GTX passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 96.56% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 84 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, an upside of 13.06% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $17.69.

Garrett Motion stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Garrett Motion, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% 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: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 4 points higher than the auto part industry average of 33.

STRT passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Strattec Security has seen its stock return 97.38% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 84 percentage points.

Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) 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 Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Borgwarner (NYSE:BWA) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 7 points higher than the auto part industry average of 33.

BWA passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Borgwarner has seen its stock return 41.97% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 29 percentage points.

Borgwarner has an average 1 year price target of $48.58, an upside of 6.94% from Borgwarner's current stock price of $45.43.

Borgwarner stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Borgwarner, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 15 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 5.38%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.07%. 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 3.97%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.07%. 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 3.49%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.07%. 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 down -0.25% in the last day, and down -0.02% over the last week.

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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:

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) 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.

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 -18.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -31 percentage points.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (NYSE:AXL) 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.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings 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.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings's stock has gained 13.04% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the auto part industry.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) 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.

Lear 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.

Lear's stock has gained 24.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 12 percentage points.

52.63% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 23.03% over the next year.

18.42% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.32% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 42.11% are rated C (Hold), 13.16% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).