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• If you are wondering whether LKQ at around US$31.58 is a bargain or a value trap, you are in the right place to size up what the current price might really offer you.

• The stock has returned 0.7% over the last 7 days and 7.5% over the last 30 days, yet over 1 year and 3 years the returns are 14.1% and 38.6% declines, which raises questions about how the market is currently viewing its prospects and risks.

• Recent attention on LKQ has focused on its position in the Retail Distributors space and how investors are reassessing companies with similar profiles, which feeds directly into the recent…