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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:

Phinia (NYSE:PHIN) is the #1 top auto part stock out of 46 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 Phinia (NYSE:PHIN) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Phinia (NYSE:PHIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 14 points higher than the auto part industry average of 35.

PHIN passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Phinia has seen its stock return 83.08% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 34 percentage points.

Phinia has an average 1 year price target of $79.33, an upside of 7.18% from Phinia's current stock price of $74.02.

Phinia stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Phinia, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 66.67% 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 46 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: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Lear (NYSE:LEA) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 18 points higher than the auto part industry average of 35.

LEA passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Lear has seen its stock return 54.4% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 5 percentage points.

Lear has an average 1 year price target of $136.00, an upside of 2.71% from Lear's current stock price of $132.41.

Lear stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Lear, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 80% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) is the #3 top auto part stock out of 46 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 Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -1 points lower than the auto part industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates THRM as a "A".

THRM passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gentherm has seen its stock return 14.77% over the past year, underperforming other auto part stocks by -34 percentage points.

Gentherm has an average 1 year price target of $37.20, an upside of 22.77% from Gentherm's current stock price of $30.30.

Gentherm stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Gentherm, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 60% 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 6.37%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.09%. 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 4.21%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.09%. 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 59.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.27%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.09%. Standard Motor Products's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Standard Motor Products's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Standard Motor Products's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Auto part stocks were up 0.61% in the last day, and up 0.25% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why auto part stocks are up.

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 60 points higher than the auto part industry average of 26. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lkq's stock has dropped -25.23% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -74 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 43, which is 17 points higher than the auto part industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Phinia's stock has gained 83.08% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 34 percentage points.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) 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.

Standard Motor Products has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the auto part industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Standard Motor Products's stock has gained 39.38% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -10 percentage points.

44.12% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 12.64% over the next year.

17.07% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.63% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.1% are rated C (Hold), 7.32% are rated D (Sell), and 4.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).