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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:

Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) is the #1 top auto part stock out of 49 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: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) has a Due Diligence Score of 58, which is 25 points higher than the auto part industry average of 33.

DORM passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Dorman Products has seen its stock return 26.34% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 50 percentage points.

Dorman Products has an average 1 year price target of $153.00, an upside of 37.61% from Dorman Products's current stock price of $111.18.

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

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) is the #2 top auto part stock out of 49 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: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Motorcar Parts Of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) has a Due Diligence Score of 22, which is -11 points lower than the auto part industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MPAA as a "A".

MPAA passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Motorcar Parts Of America has seen its stock return 74.76% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 98 percentage points.

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) is the #3 top auto part stock out of 49 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 Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Strattec Security (NASDAQ:STRT) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 5 points higher than the auto part industry average of 33.

STRT passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Strattec Security has seen its stock return 59.09% over the past year, overperforming other auto part stocks by 83 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 8.02%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 3.05%. 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 175% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) has an annual dividend yield of 5.92%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 3.05%. Magna International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Magna International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Magna International's dividend payout ratio of 54.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) has an annual dividend yield of 4.99%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto part industry average of 3.05%. 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 49.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Auto part stocks were up 0.98% in the last day, and up 1.77% 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:

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (NYSE:AXL) 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.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the auto part industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings's stock has dropped -51.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -29 percentage points.

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) 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.

Magna International has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the auto part industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Magna International's stock has dropped -32.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -9 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 32 points higher than the auto part industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lear's stock has dropped -39.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the auto part industry by -16 percentage points.

45.45% of auto part stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto part stocks to rise by 43.63% over the next year.

9.09% of auto part stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.18% of auto part stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.55% are rated C (Hold), 13.64% are rated D (Sell), and 4.55% are rated F (Strong Sell).