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Best Auto Part Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top auto part stocks in 2026 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 45 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 29, which is -4 points lower than the auto part industry average of 33. 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 133.52% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 97 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, a downside of -5.88% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $21.25.

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.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) is the #2 top auto part stock out of 45 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 Lear (NYSE:LEA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 20 points higher than the auto part industry average of 33.

LEA passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lear has seen its stock return 43.14% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 6 percentage points.

Lear has an average 1 year price target of $135.22, a downside of -1.92% from Lear's current stock price of $137.87.

Lear stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Lear, 22.22% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 77.78% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Dauch (NYSE:DCH) is the #3 top auto part stock out of 45 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 Dauch (NYSE:DCH) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dauch (NYSE:DCH) has a Due Diligence Score of 10, which is -23 points lower than the auto part industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates DCH as a "A".

DCH passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Dauch has seen its stock return 60.35% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 24 percentage points.

Dauch has an average 1 year price target of $11.88, an upside of 44.64% from Dauch's current stock price of $8.21.

Dauch stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Dauch, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 13 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 4.7%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.79%. 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 -233.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) has an annual dividend yield of 3.52%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.79%. 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 dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) has an annual dividend yield of 2.79%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.79%. 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 2.31% in the last day, and up 3.05% over the last week. Cooper Standard Holdings was the among the top gainers in the auto parts industry, gaining 32.36% yesterday.

Cooper-Standard Holdings shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 sales results.

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 86, which is 57 points higher than the auto part industry average of 29. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lkq's stock has dropped -11.66% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -48 percentage points.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) is the second 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 42 points higher than the auto part industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lear's stock has gained 43.14% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 6 percentage points.

Allison Transmission Holdings (NYSE:ALSN) 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.

Allison Transmission Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the auto part industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Allison Transmission Holdings's stock has gained 15.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -21 percentage points.

44.44% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 8.41% over the next year.

18.42% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 31.58% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 36.84% are rated C (Hold), 10.53% are rated D (Sell), and 2.63% are rated F (Strong Sell).