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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 +28.50% 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:

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) is the #1 top auto part stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 11 points higher than the auto part industry average of 35.

MLR passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Miller Industries has seen its stock return 34.08% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 27 percentage points.

Miller Industries has an average 1 year price target of $54.00, a downside of -3.67% from Miller Industries's current stock price of $56.06.

Miller Industries stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Miller Industries, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% 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 48 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Magna International (NYSE:MGA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 2 points higher than the auto part industry average of 35.

MGA passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Magna International has seen its stock return 51.86% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 45 percentage points.

Magna International has an average 1 year price target of $69.00, an upside of 0.19% from Magna International's current stock price of $68.87.

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.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) is the #3 top auto part stock out of 48 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 4 points higher than the auto part industry average of 35.

SMP passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Standard Motor Products has seen its stock return 3.83% over the past year, underperforming other auto part stocks by -3 percentage points.

Out of 16 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 8.43%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.31%. 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 487% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Lkq (NASDAQ:LKQ) has an annual dividend yield of 4.7%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.31%. 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 66.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Standard Motor Products (NYSE:SMP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.13%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 2.31%. 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 2.23% in the last day, and up 4.04% 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:

Micware Co (NASDAQ:MWC) 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.

Micware Co 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.

Adient (NYSE:ADNT) 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.

Adient 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.

Adient's stock has dropped -18.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -25 percentage points.

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 57, which is 30 points higher than the auto part industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lear's stock has gained 22.03% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by 15 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 23.13% over the next year.

4.88% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.2% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.41% are rated C (Hold), 9.76% are rated D (Sell), and 9.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).