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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 121.96% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 90 percentage points.

Garrett Motion has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, a downside of -3.01% from Garrett Motion's current stock price of $20.62.

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.

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

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -2 points lower than the auto part industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MGA as a "A".

MGA passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Magna International has seen its stock return 75.43% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 44 percentage points.

Magna International has an average 1 year price target of $60.00, a downside of -10.21% from Magna International's current stock price of $66.82.

Magna International stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Magna International, 18.18% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 63.64% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 9.09% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

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 38.7% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 7 percentage points.

Lear has an average 1 year price target of $135.22, a downside of -1.08% from Lear's current stock price of $136.70.

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.

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 4.99%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.83%. 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 3.69%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.83%. 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 2.78%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 1.83%. 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 -1.18% in the last day, and up 1.42% 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 71, which is 43 points higher than the auto part industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lkq's stock has dropped -17.72% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -49 percentage points.

Phinia (NYSE:PHIN) 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.

Phinia has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the auto part industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Phinia's stock has gained 42.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 10 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 15 points higher than the auto part industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Allison Transmission Holdings's stock has gained 13.23% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -19 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 10.04% over the next year.

20.51% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25.64% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 38.46% are rated C (Hold), 12.82% are rated D (Sell), and 2.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).