LKQ Corporation
Since forming in 1998 to consolidate the auto salvage business in the United States, LKQ has developed into a leading distributor of aftermarket and recycled auto parts with around 1,500 facilities across North America and Europe. The company primarily sells into the professional channel and offers an assortment of collision and mechanical parts to both body shops and mechanical repair shops. It also continues to operate more than 70 LKQ pick-your-part junkyards. Separate from the self-service business, LKQ usually purchases around 250,000 salvage vehicles annually that are used to extract vehicle parts for resale.www.lkqcorp.com
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Oct 29, 2026
David SparkHOST
Once reachability, explanation, and proposed patch arrive together, AppSec stops being a ticket factory and starts looking closer to code review with a very specialized second pair of eyes.
David SparkHOST
And Susan Trammell of LKQ Corporation said, quote, when findings are accurate, contextual, actionable, and fix-ready, AppSec stops functioning as a gate and becomes an intelligence layer that accelerates the business.
David SparkHOST
False positives don't just waste expensive resource time, they erode trust, dilute focus, and slow the organization's ability to execute.
David SparkHOST
Precision isn't a luxury, it's a strategic advantage.
Stu KaganHOST
However, you did leave for a stretch.
Stu KaganHOST
I remember seeing on your experience that you even worked for LKQ for a while, which is the big auto parts guys for those around the world.
Stu KaganHOST
Um, I guess, what made you leave, and what made you then come back to a family-run operation versus an LKQ, et cetera?
Colin DenihanGUEST
Right, so it was strategic growth, planning, 08, 09 hit, the market was really in turmoil.
Colin DenihanGUEST
It was a tough business.
Colin DenihanGUEST
Great money, great experience.
Colin DenihanGUEST
Then I ended up moving back home to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where...
Colin DenihanGUEST
LKQ had just purchased Heartland Aluminum and Transmetco, and they were looking for a young trader to run the commodity book and be a buyer selling it.
Scott SavageHOST
Hope everybody has an awesome and excellent, amazing day.
Scott SavageHOST
Jim at LKQ Keystone Delivery.
Scott SavageHOST
Uh, Jason, the dump up, the dump up on rice Lake road is now referred to as the recovery center.
Scott SavageHOST
See text Jim LKQ Keystone delivery says the dump up on rice Lake road is re just continue to call it the dump.
Scott SavageHOST
Anyway.
Scott SavageHOST
Good morning.
Perry SaidmanGUEST
three rejections.
Perry SaidmanGUEST
The LKQ case.
Perry SaidmanGUEST
Yeah, yeah,
Eli MazourHOST
yeah.
ElijahAUDIENCE
So it was about five years ago back there on Old Franklin.
ElijahAUDIENCE
There's an LKQ headquarters back there.
ElijahAUDIENCE
And this is before a lot of things in the Century Farms area were going up.
ElijahAUDIENCE
So it was kind of just farmland.
Jason ManningHOST
But you get the gist.
Jason ManningHOST
Jim at LKQ Keystone Delivery.
Jason ManningHOST
Jim, thank you again for the delivery of donuts yesterday.
Jason ManningHOST
That was mighty nice of you.
Ryan FalcoGUEST
So we actually got after out of the aftermarket parts business.
Ryan FalcoGUEST
That was more right when LKQ announced the merger with Keystone.
Ryan FalcoGUEST
A lot of people got into the oh, I got to be like them, too.
Ryan FalcoGUEST
Yeah.
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Vince EdivanHOST
I don't know.
Vince EdivanHOST
You know,
Ryan FalcoGUEST
at the end of the day, too, all these companies, I mean, you're reading about it with LKQ.
Ryan FalcoGUEST
Yeah.
Scott SavageHOST
There you go.
Scott SavageHOST
Hey Jason, it's Jim, LKQ Keystone Delivery.
Scott SavageHOST
I'm at the door here.
Scott SavageHOST
I've got some goodies for you guys.
Erik AbrahamssonHOST
The growth is okay, margins are trending in the right direction, the ROIC is extremely high, and the valuation is fine too, at EV-EBIT twelve or PE fourteen.
Erik AbrahamssonHOST
LKQ is similar to Genuine Parts in that it distributes automotive replacement parts.
Erik AbrahamssonHOST
And just like Genuine Parts, LKQ has a nice competitive position, thanks to distribution scale and a great sourcing network.
Erik AbrahamssonHOST
The growth is excellent, margins are tight, ROIC is decent, and the price is a little lower than for Genuine Parts.
Erik AbrahamssonHOST
You shall pass.
Uncle JimmyHOST
Well, now, as a mechanic, if something that you have, the motor goes south on it, or you even buy a car where the motor's already gone south on it, you're like, "Well, it's not gonna cost me 35 grand to get an engine.
Uncle JimmyHOST
I'll get one from a pick and pull or from LKQ or from another car, and I will take it all the way out, and I will put it all the way into my car, and I will charge myself nothing, and then I will have a perfectly good car to drive around and, you know, give to my kids or my wife or my girlfriend or even just sell it." That happens all the fucking time, and you, you guys, I think maybe some of you take that for granted and, and don't understand that, you know, the doctor can heal himself and the lawyer can represent himself, and the auto mechanic can fix his own shit without having to give a fucking dealership or a shop two, $300 for labor.
Uncle JimmyHOST
[laughs] We just give them the finger and go, "I'm using your lift.
Uncle JimmyHOST
Fuck you." [laughs] You get nothing.
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