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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: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -12 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 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Garrett Motion has seen its stock return 21.95% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 23 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 22.91% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $11.39.

Garrett Motion stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Garrett Motion, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) 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 Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 18 points higher than the auto part industry average of 34.

DORM passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Dorman Products has seen its stock return 26.76% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 28 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: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -8 points lower than the auto part industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MPAA as a "A".

MPAA passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Motorcar Parts Of America has seen its stock return 84.75% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 86 percentage points.

Out of 12 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 7.13%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.28%. 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 -509.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) has an annual dividend yield of 3.91%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.28%. 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 42.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) has an annual dividend yield of 3.13%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.28%.

Lkq's dividend payout ratio of 44.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Auto part stocks were up 0.44% in the last day, and down -0.12% over the last week. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings was the among the top gainers in the auto parts industry, gaining 9.3% yesterday.

American Axle & Manufacturing shares are trading higher after UBS upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target from $4.5 to $7.

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:

Garrett Motion (NASDAQ:GTX) 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.

Garrett Motion has a valuation score of 29, which is -2 points higher than the auto part industry average of 31. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTX a Valuation Rating of "A".

Garrett Motion's stock has gained 21.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 23 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 86, which is 55 points higher than the auto part industry average of 31. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lkq's stock has dropped -12.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -11 percentage points.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) 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.

Motorcar Parts Of America has a valuation score of 14, which is -17 points higher than the auto part industry average of 31. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MPAA a Valuation Rating of "B".

Motorcar Parts Of America's stock has gained 84.75% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 86 percentage points.

40% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 11.21% over the next year.

12.2% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.07% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.1% are rated C (Hold), 12.2% are rated D (Sell), and 2.44% are rated F (Strong Sell).